Best Practices Releases

• How Modern and Contemporary Art Museums are Responding to Sustainable Development Goals

  

  PR 18 May, 2023 – CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, announces the incorporation of social and economic aspects of sustainability into its Toolkit on Environmental Museum Practices. This significant update is the result of a study led by the CIMAM’s Working Group on Sustainability and Ecology in Museum Practice.

• Outstanding Museum Practice Award Winners 2022

  

  The CIMAM Board announces three museums as recipients of the second edition of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award during the CIMAM 2022 Annual Conference in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

• A set of Ethical Clauses of Governance to protect and support museums and their staff

  

  These clauses are intended to address the growing vulnerabilities museums face in relation to interference, increasingly political, from their ‘Founders’ or ‘Governing Bodies’ which can undermine the Museum’s mission and values and their ability to operate with the curatorial independence required to create an open space in civil society.

• INTERCOM and CIMAM introduce the Museum Watch Governance Management Project

  

  PR 3 May 2022. INTERCOM and CIMAM introduce the Museum Watch Governance Management Project as a special ICOM initiative to help the museum community address management challenges more effectively.

• CIMAM's Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in Museum Practice

  

  PR 6 July 2021. CIMAM's Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability in Museum Practice.

• CIMAM acknowledges the Queens Museum with the Outstanding Museum Practices Award 2021

  

  PR 9 November 2021. CIMAM acknowledges the Queens Museum, New York, with the Outstanding Museum Practices Award 2021

• CIMAM recognizes Outstanding Museum Practices in Times of Global Crisis.

  

  PR 11 May 2021. CIMAM recognizes Outstanding Museum Practices in Times of Global Crisis.

• CIMAM Advocates for Museums for Modern and Contemporary Art

  

  PR 9 July 2020. CIMAM Advocates for Museums for Modern and Contemporary Art at a time of World Crisis.

• Precautions for Museums during COVID-19 Pandemic

  

  PR 28 April 2020. Precautions for Museums during COVID-19 Pandemic.

• Outstanding Museum Practices in a Time of Global Crisis

  

  PR 24 April 2020. Outstanding Museum Practices in a Time of Global Crisis.