CIMAM — International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art

10 benefits to join CIMAM

CIMAM is the only global network of modern and contemporary art museum experts in the field based on a membership program of 700 contemporary art museum professionals from 86 countries.

Outstanding Museum Practice Award Winner 2023

CIMAM's OMPA 2023 recipient is "CHAGRES: Nomadic Residencies Program" by the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá. The CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices recognizes exceptional practices around the world that champion innovation, accessibility, public exchange, and sustainability within the modern and contemporary art museum sector.

Welcome Nguyen Art Foundation as new Patron of CIMAM!

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Established in 2018 by Quynh Nguyen, Nguyen Art Foundation (NAF) was born from a desire to better serve the artistic community of Vietnam. The Nguyen Art Foundation, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, has recently become a Patron of CIMAM.

Questions as a Base to Learn and Teach

22 September 2023. During the past few years Museum Watch has been attentive to exceptional changes that are transforming museums and galleries into more open, diverse, accessible and inclusive institutions. At the same time we want to reflect on and speak about some difficult questions and situations that have arisen in this moment.

Job opportunities selection by CIMAM

CIMAM offers its members a platform for posting and browsing job positions and career development opportunities for curators, directors, and museum professionals of contemporary art. Open calls are available to the CIMAM international community at no cost.

Toolkit on Sustainable Museum Practices: Latest updates

Clara Kim, Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, and a member of the CIMAM Board and The Sustainability Working Group, highlights the availability of various resources for museum professionals to adopt more sustainable practices in museum management in the updated Toolkit on Sustainable Museum Practices by CIMAM.

CIMAM’s Museum Watch Program exists to support contemporary art museum professionals

The Museum Watch Program is intended to be a tool to assist modern and contemporary art museum professionals in dealing with critical situations that impact the museums' ability to maintain their codes of practice.

CIMAM's Code of Ethics

13 September 2023. The creation of this Code of Ethics underscores CIMAM's dedication to recognizing and valuing its various stakeholders. It defines the obligations and rights of the organization in its interactions with these stakeholders to achieve different goals of equal value while establishing standards of conduct that safeguard the organization's integrity and promote its long-term growth.