*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*ICOM ICFA Annual conference 2012, Moscow (Russia)*
(ICOM International Committee for museum and collections of fine arts)
*September, 30 - October, 5*


Organized by ICOM Russia

Hosted by the State Pushkin museum of Fine Arts and the State Tretyakov
Gallery



This international conference will focus on the theme “*MUSEUMS OF FINE
ARTS: ARIAL OF EXISTENCE, SPHERES OF INFLUENCE*”. We expect proposals for
presentations, which analyse current issues in the field of *museum
complexes: principles of functioning, management and development.*

* *

Museum complex includes a number of premises with permanent displays,
exhibition  spaces, storages, research and restoration studios, libraries
and archives, education  centers, administrative offices. An important part
is museum infrastructure with cafes, museum shops, recreation zones and so
on. How effectively and on what grounds and principles to plan the museum
complexes structure, functioning dislocation, type of management, and
concepts of development?

Museums and museum enterprises.

Activity of museum complexes and marketing of museum services.

Visual identification: architecture, design.

Museums and society.

Museum and city.

* *

*Submissions can be:*

*Research papers* presentations are invited to break new ground, present
new insight, and a research contribution. 20 minutes

*Theme papers* report practical results and contribute to one of the points
mentioned above. 15 minutes

*Project papers* present new projects or perspective plans of museum
complexes, quarters and areas development. 20 minutes

*Videos or alternative media* to be shown during the sessions or breaks. No
longer than 8 minutes and have a brief text summary

Speakers should attempt to present a critical reflection on their research,
observations, study cases.



*Proposal deadline May 1, 2012*

The official language of the conference – English with simultaneous
translation into Russian during the working sessions.

*Please, find all the detail on the ICOM Russia web-site **
http://www.icom.org.ru/get.asp?Id=N383*<http://www.icom.org.ru/get.asp?Id=N383>

*Note:* *Please distribute this information to those who can be interested
in. *

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Executive Directorate ICOM Russia +7 (495) 951 0408

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