Museum and museology : Rethinking the definition of museums in the new era; conference programme and abstracts, 9-10 October 2017.
Type: Publication
Meeting: ICOM International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM). ASPAC Sub-Committee. Conference, Beijing, China, 2017
Place, publisher, year: [Beijing] : [Beijing University for ICOFOM ASPAC], 2017
Collation: 51 p. ; illus. ; 30 cm
Year: 2017.
Serial type: Book - Monograph - Document
Synopsis: This brochure contains the schedule programme and the abstracts of papers presented at the conference held in Beijing (China), in October 2017, and organized by the ASPAC Sub-Committee of ICOFOM, in cooperation with the School of Archaeology and Museology of the Beijing University. The conference theme reflected on the need to question the present definition of a museum by ICOM and to provide a new definition of a museum because of the evolution of the role and functions of museums in the 21st century.