\n
Photo credit: Alice Murillo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sixty Years Supporting ICOM and the Global Museum Community The ICOM Foundation was established in 1965 following a decision of the ICOM Executive Board. It was formally created in Zurich (Switzerland) on 15 June 1965 by leading museum professionals, including Sir Philip Hendy, Director of the National Gallery in London. Its creation was officially announced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2955,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-68144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
ICOM Foundation - International Council of Museums<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICOM Foundation - International Council of Museums\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sixty Years Supporting ICOM and the Global Museum Community The ICOM Foundation was established in 1965 following a decision of the ICOM Executive Board. It was formally created in Zurich (Switzerland) on 15 June 1965 by leading museum professionals, including Sir Philip Hendy, Director of the National Gallery in London. Its creation was officially announced […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"International Council of Museums\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-06T08:53:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"922\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"587\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/\",\"name\":\"ICOM Foundation - International Council of Museums\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-17T15:18:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-06T08:53:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/icom-foundation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Get Involved\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/get-involved\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"ICOM Foundation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"International Council of Museums\",\"description\":\"A global organisation of museums & museum professionals committed to the promotion and protection of cultural heritage\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"International Council of Museums\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/ICOM_M_.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/ICOM_M_.jpg\",\"width\":1721,\"height\":1721,\"caption\":\"International Council of Museums\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/icom.museum\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ICOM Foundation - International Council of Museums","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ICOM Foundation - International Council of Museums","og_description":"Sixty Years Supporting ICOM and the Global Museum Community The ICOM Foundation was established in 1965 following a decision of the ICOM Executive Board. It was formally created in Zurich (Switzerland) on 15 June 1965 by leading museum professionals, including Sir Philip Hendy, Director of the National Gallery in London. Its creation was officially announced […]","og_url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/","og_site_name":"International Council of Museums","article_modified_time":"2026-07-06T08:53:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":922,"height":587,"url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/","url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/","name":"ICOM Foundation - International Council of Museums","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-17T15:18:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-06T08:53:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/icom-foundation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Get Involved","item":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/get-involved\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ICOM Foundation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/","name":"International Council of Museums","description":"A global organisation of museums & museum professionals committed to the promotion and protection of cultural heritage","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/#organization","name":"International Council of Museums","url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ICOM_M_.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ICOM_M_.jpg","width":1721,"height":1721,"caption":"International Council of Museums"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68144"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69171,"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68144\/revisions\/69171"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Christine-Boel-et-Alberto-Garlandini.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ICM-Foundation-board-2025-1024x576.jpg\")
<\/p>\n