The Universal Museum: a Special Case?

by Geoffrey Lewis
Chair, ICOM Ethics Committee

Declaration on the Importance and Value of Universal Museums

December 2002

The Treasures of World Culture in the Public Museum

by Peter-Klaus Schuster
General Director, State Museums of Berlin

The Declaration: A Contested Issue

by George Abungu
Heritage Consultant; Former Director General of the National Museums of Kenya

Assuming our Responsibilities in the Present

by Guido Gryseels
Director, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

Universal Museums in Practice

• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
  by Betsy Ennis
  Director of Public Affairs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• The British Museum
  by Neil MacGregor
  Director, The British Museum
• The State Hermitage Museum
  
  

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