My institution is beginning the process of writing a comprehensive code of 
ethics that will cover the range of activities at the museum, including 
collections, exhibitions, education, research, development and administration.  
In developing these ethical policies, we will draw from codes of ethics issued 
by AAM, AASLH and ICOM, as well as from codes specific to fields within the 
museum and research worlds, such as the Society of American Archivists and 
the AAM Curators Committee.  However, the code of ethics we ultimately write 
will be specific to the museum's mission, collections, staffing and communities 
the museum serves.  To guide and inform the development of this policy, I am 
interested to read ethics policies written and implemented by other museums, 
libraries and archives, especially in the history field.  If your institution would 
be willing to share its code of ethics, please contact me directly at 
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Thanks.

Rob Kent
Senior Collection Manager
Chicago History Museum
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