{"id":2971,"date":"2018-04-05T16:51:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T14:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icom.site\/?page_id=286"},"modified":"2023-03-23T19:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:02:44","slug":"standards-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/resources\/standards-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Standards and guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The International Council of Museums promotes excellence and best practices. As such, it strongly encourages the implementation of professional standards within the global museum community.<\/h2>\n<p>Through its standards and guidelines, ICOM provides best practices to museum professionals in terms of objects acquisition, documentation of collections, descriptions, terminology, collections, security, conservation, personnel management and training, among others.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/resources\/standards-guidelines\/code-of-ethics\/\">ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_yellow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/resources\/standards-guidelines\/museum-definition\/\">Museum Definition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_red\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/resources\/standards-guidelines\/objectid\/\">Object ID<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link_blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/resources\/standards-guidelines\/declarations-statements\/\">Declarations<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The following standards are developed by ICOM\u2019s Committees and are approved by the ICOM Executive Board:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON LOANS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>ICOM Guidelines for Loans\u00a0(ICOM Secretariat, 1974)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"button link_black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/resources\/documents\/?q=Loans%C2%A0&#038;y=&#038;type=\">Find it here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON ETHICS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Guidelines-on-Deaccessioning-of-the-International-Council-of-Museums.pdf\">Guidelines on Deaccessioning of the International Council of Museums<\/a>\u00a0(ETHCOM, 2019)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Accessioning-Standards_EN.pdf\">Accessioning Standards<\/a> (ETHCOM, 2021)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Fundraising-Standards_EN.pdf\">Fundraising Standards<\/a> (ETHCOM, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTION<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Practice in Museum Education and Cultural Programmes (CECA)<\/li>\n<li>Best Practice Books (6 volumes), (ICOM-CECA\/Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Education Toolkit, Methods and Technique from Museum and Heritage Education (ICOM-CECA\/LCM\/Erfgoedhuis Zuid-Holland, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"button link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/ceca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CECA\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON DOCUMENTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Statement of Principles of Museum Documentation (CIDOC, 2012)<\/li>\n<li>The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Lightweight Information Describing Objects (CIDOC, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model\u00a0(CIDOC, 2001)<\/li>\n<li>International Core Data Standards for Ethnology\/Ethnography\u00a0(CIDOC, 1996)<\/li>\n<li>International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: the CIDOC Information Categories\u00a0(CIDOC, 1995)<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations for Identity Photography (CIDOC Fact Sheet 3, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Labelling and Marking Objects\u00a0(CIDOC Fact Sheet 2, 1993)<\/li>\n<li>Registration Step by Step: When an Object Enters the Museum\u00a0(CIDOC Fact Sheet 1, 1993)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"button link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/cidoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIDOC\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS OF INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Voices for the Silenced \u2013 Guidelines for Interpreting Musical Instruments in Museum Collections (CIMCIM, 1998)<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations for the Application of Accession Numbers\u00a0on musical instruments\u00a0(CIMCIM, 1995)<\/li>\n<li>CIMENT: Uniform Procedures for Data Element Description in CIMCIM Database Systems\u00a0(CIMCIM, 1991)<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations for Regulating the Access to Musical Instruments in Public Collections\u00a0(CIMCIM, 1985)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/cimcim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIMCIM\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS OF COSTUME<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Clothes Tell Stories, Working with Costume in Museums (COSTUME, 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines for Costume\u00a0(1998) \u2013 check latest version<\/li>\n<li>Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume (English, German, French, Spanish) (COSTUME, 1981)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/costume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COSTUME\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Rules for Functions in Historic Buildings \u2013 Caterers (DEMHIST, 2007)<\/li>\n<li>Rules for Filming in Historic Buildings (DEMHIST, 2007)<\/li>\n<li>Rules for TV and Entertainment Crews in Historic Buildings (DEMHIST, 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/demhist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEMHIST\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0STANDARDS ON MEMORIAL MUSEUMS IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF PUBLIC CRIMES<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>International Memorial Museums Charter (ICMEMO, 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/icmemo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICMEMO\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON MUSEUM SECURITY<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Handbook on Emergency Procedures (ICMS, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines for Disaster Preparedness in Museums\u00a0(ICMS, 1993)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/icms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICMS\u2019 website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON CONSERVATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Environmental Guidelines: ICOM-CC and IIC Declaration (ICOM-CC, 2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icom-cc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOM-CC\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON MONEY AND BANKING MUSEUMS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Resources for Curators of Numismatic Collections (ICOMON, 2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/network.icom.museum\/icomon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOMON\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0STANDARDS ON TRAINING OF PERSONNEL<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Museum Professions \u2013 A European Frame of Reference (ICTOP, 2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ictop.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICTOP\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON MUSEUM MANAGEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>INTERCOM Management Scenarios (INTERCOM, 2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/intercom.mini.icom.museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTERCOM\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>NATHIST Conference Planning Guide (NATHIST, 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icomnathist.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATHIST\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>University Museums and Collections \u2013 Importance, Responsibility, Maintenance, Disposal and Closure (UMAC, 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"link_black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umac.icom.museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMAC\u2019s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">\n<p><strong>STANDARDS ON AFRICAN MUSEUMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Handbook of Standards: Documenting African Collections (AFRICOM,1996)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Council of Museums promotes excellence and 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