Museum Watch

• About the Museum Watch Program

  

  The Museum Watch Program’s aim is to assist modern and contemporary art museum professionals in dealing with critical situations that undermine their ability to undertake their professional practice and effect a museum’s ability to operate to international standards of best practice.

• Museum Watch Actions

  

  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 on the museums' ability to maintain their codes of practices.

• Museum Watch Online Form

  

  Members and non-members of CIMAM can easily reach the CIMAM Board and submit their case through the online form available at cimam.org. Your case will be examined by the Museum Watch Committee consisting of members of the CIMAM Board.

• 2023–25 Museum Watch Committee

  

  The 2024–25 Museum Watch Committee consists of six board members of CIMAM: Zeina Arida (Chair), Bart de Baere, Malgorzata Ludwisiak, Amanda de la Garza, Kitty Scott, Yu Jin Seng, and Agustin Perez Rubio.

• How to engage with CIMAM's Museum Watch Program

  

  Małgorzata Ludwiszak and Agustin Pérez Rubio introduce the Museum Watch Program as part of CIMAM's working group addressing critical issues in the global museum environment. Meeting weekly with a diverse global representation, the committee discusses ethical concerns and challenges faced by museums, such as political pressures that endanger museum directors, their visions, and missions.