Hi Collegue Probably it will be the best to visit www.museums.ca for your research on museum definition. Shahzad >From: ICOM Italia <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: International Council of Museums Discussion List ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: ICOM Definition of Museum >Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:22:04 +0200 > >Dear Colleagues, > >One of the section of the "Museology Handbook" I am >currently working on will be consacrated to the >definition of Museum and to the different >interpretations that each country, according to the >adopted definition, gives to the Museum as an >institution. > >To this purpose, it would be extremely interesting and >useful for me if you could provide me with the >information concerning the definition of Museum in >Your country. And namely I refer to the definition >adopted both by the legislation of Your country and >also by museum associations in your country. > >The comparison between the different definitions >will allow to clarify which countries have actually adopted, and to which >extent, >the Definition of Museum stated in Art. 2 of ICOM Statutes. > >I thank you very much in advance for your kind >cooperation and I send you my best regards. > > >Giovanni Pinna >Member of ICOM Executive Council > > > > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the >archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html