1 - 5 September 2003
St. Petersburg (Russia)

CIDOC - DOCUMENTATION

Theme: Electronic potential of a museum: Incentives and Limitations, Achievements and Problems.

The objective of the conference is to review the results of the application of information technologies in museums:

• Analysis of the main achievements in the field of storage, restoration, conservation and educational work.
• Discussion of pressing technical, technological, psychological and social problems and restrictions.
• Outline of prospective areas of development and the further penetration of information technologies into the traditional museum environment.
• Incentives for innovations.

Paper Deadline: 1 April 2003
Acceptance Notification: 1 June 2003
Manuscript Submission: 10 July 2003

Contact: Prof. Regine Scheffel, HTWK Leipzig, Fachbereich Buch und Museum, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 145, D-04277 Leipzig, Germany.
Tel. +49 341 3076 5423 Fax +49 341 3076 5455.
Email: scheffel@bum.htwk-leipzig.de
Russian Museum
Lyudmila M. Kurenkova
Email kurenkova@rusmuseum.ru
Tel. +7 (812) 315 6436 Fax +7 (812) 314 4153
or the conference Secretariat: info@cidoc2003.adit.ru

Pour plus d'information: http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/ et http://www.willpowerinfo.myby.co.uk/cidoc/

3 - 5 September 2003 Tukums, Riga, Ventspils (Latvia) and
6 - 7 September 2003 Parnu, Tallinn (Estonia)
8 - 9 September 2003 Lithuania

ICAMT - ARCHITECTURE AND MUSEUM TECHNIQUES

Theme: Museum for the Town, the Town for the Museum.
Venue: Manour Durbe, Tukums; Museum of Architecture, Tallinn.
Most museums are established and developed in towns. They are taken in as a part of the town setting (surrounding) and part of the town's cultural life.
The following topics will be discussed through various programs:
1. The social character of museum in the modern town - the protection of historical evidences, the reflection of the actual problems and the education of the society.
2. The Old City as museum object, the investment of the museum at the protection and development of the historical cultural environment.
3. The museum as the face of a town. Cooperation between the museum and the local municipality.
4. The contribution of the museum in the development of the town's cultural life and creative activities of its inhabitants.
5. The historical architectural values and the new features at the modern city: new museum - new chance (possibility).

Call for Papers: 1^st August.

6 - 8 September 2003
Krasnoyarsk (Siberia - Russian Federation)
8 - 12 September 2003
Barnaul (Siberia - Russian Federation)

ICOFOM - MUSEOLOGY

XXV Annual Meeting of ICOFOM 2003

Theme: Museology: Instrument for Unity or/and Diversity
Subtheme I: Museology and Indigenous People in Siberia (Krasnoyarsk)
Subtheme II: The Transition Project (Barnaul)

Call for papers (submussion deadline): July 15, 2003

3 - 7 September 2003
Moscow (Russia)

ICLM - LITERARY MUSEUMS

Annual Meeting
Venue: Yasnaya Poliana - Spasskoye-Lutovinivo.
Theme: Literary museums in the context of world culture
Deadline for participation: 28 April

12 - 18 September 2003
Ljubljana (Slovenia)

CIMUSET - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ICTOP - TRAINING OF PERSONNEL
MPR - MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Joint meeting of CIMUSET, MPR and ICTOP ICOM International Committees supported by ICOM Slovenian National Committee, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovene Museum Association.
Venue: The conferences will be held at Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, Prešernova 10, Ljubljana, Slovenia or in the museums according to the programme of each committee.
Theme: Towards museums of the future.
Working language: English only. No simultaneous translation into other languages.
Call for papers Submission deadline: 15 May 2003

11 - 17 September 2003
Ljubljana (Slovenia)

ICTOP - TRAINING OF PERSONNEL

Annual ICTOP Meeting
Theme: Co-operation in Museum Professional Training and Career Development
e.g. examples of co-operation and joint programmes, international, national and local: between different museums, between different museum training programmes, between museums and museum training programmes, and between museum professional and management training and other areas of professional training, including Business Schools, and cultural or arts management programmes.
Main Venue: National Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
All Abstracts of contributions offered must be sent no later than 15 May 2003

12 - 17 September 2003
Ljubljana (Slovenia)

CIMUSET - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Annual Conference.
Main Venue: Technical Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Theme: "For whom are museums of technology intended?"
In museums of science and technology we can find very different types of exhibitions from general to specialized ones. Do we really know for whom our museums are designed? Do we take care to attract different target groups?
and " Museums of Technology and Science Centres".
In recent years many science centres around the world, have focused on interactive exhibits and strong educational programmes have been created. What can museum and science centres learn from each other? Which are their strong and weak points? Can a deeper cooperation between the two types of institutions be established and how can we all benefit from it?

12 - 17 September 2003
Ljubljana (Slovenia)

MPR - MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Annual Conference.
Main Venue: Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre
Theme: "The Impact of Globalisation on Museum Communications"
The past decades have seen both a great increase in the number of museums and a diversification of their activities, in a world of rapid change, where globalisation continually creates new environments and radically changes work patterns. What characterises museums today is the influence they have on our society by conveying information about their collections, contents, knowledge... Also, museums are experiencing great changes as a result of new demands . The latter give rise to new work practices and point to the importance of museum communications and the museum marketing and public relations tasks. Case studies: Central and South European museums and their role as communicators, educators, public services, promoters.
and "The Impact of Globalisation on Museum Communications: A New Development Paradigm of Communication Practices".
Examples of transformation of the relationship between the museum and the user (visitors, sponsors, donators) - how to meet public needs today? Museums from a perspective of increased responsibility, museums as promoters of human values (by arising experience and emotions), how to create partnership and strategic alliances (development of networking between different museums, between museums and private sector, between museums and stakeholders, between museums and friends, etc.). (Monday, 15 September 2003)
All Abstracts of contributions offered must be sent no later than 15 May 2003 to both:

14 September 2003
Madrid (Spain)

ICOMON - MONEY AND BANKING MUSEUMS

X Annual meeting
The meeting will be held in conjunction with the XIII International Numismatic Congress organised by the Department of Numismatics of the National Archaeological Museum (15-19 September 2003).
Venue: Assembly Hall (Salón de Actos) of the Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, Calle San Marcos 40, 28004 Madrid (2-5 p.m.).
Official languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian and German.

Contact: Richard Doty, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20003-2842, USA.
Tel. +1 202 786 2470. Fax +1 202 357 1853.
Email: dotyr@nmah.si.edu or
Albert Scheffers, Nederlands Muntmuseum, P.O. Box 2407, 3500 GK Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tel. +31 30 291 0482. Fax +31 30 291 0467.
Email: icomon@coins.nl
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Serrano 13, 28001 Madrid, Spain.
Tel. +34 91 577 79 12 ext. 224 and 262 - Fax +34 91 431 26 45.
Email num@man.es

More information at: http://www.man.es/cin

14 - 17 September 2003
Basel (Switzerland)

ICMS - SECURITY

ICMS Annual Conference
Theme: Security Organization and Measures for Museums
Venue: Kunstmuseum

Contact: Markus Spinnler: Security Consultant / Manager, Security Academy, Siemens Building Technologies AG, Alte, Landstrasse 411, CH-8708 Männedorf, Switzerland.
Tel. +41 (0)1 922 62 79, Fax.+41 (0)1 922 61 23.
E-mail: markus.spinnler@cerberus.ch

More information at: http://icms.icom.museum

17 - 19 September 2003
Luxembourg

IACM - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CUSTOM MUSEUMS

IACM Annual meeting

Contact: Jón Agúst Eggertsson, Norwegian Customs Museum Pb 8122, Dep. 0032 Oslo, Norway.
Email: museum@toll.no

More information at: http://www.etat.lu/IACM/

19 - 24 September 2003
Genoa, (Italy)

ICDAD - DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN

Theme: Collectors

Contacts: Dr Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Curator, Metalwork Department, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), Stubenring 5, 1010 Wien, Austria.
Tel. (+43) 1 7113 6234 - Fax (+43) 1 7113 6388.
Email: schmuttermeier@mak.at

20 - 23 September 2003
Baltimore (USA)

CIPEG - EGYPTOLOGY

Annual meeting.
Theme: Fakes and forgeries.
Suggested topics for papers are as follows:
• Cooperation with universities and research centers
• Museum history
• Museums and excavations
• Provenance issues
• New trends for permanent and special exhibitions
• Mummy research
• Fund raising
• The role of the curators
• Public programs
• Archives

Contact: Regine Schulz, The Walters Art Museum, Department of Ancient Art, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-5185, USA.
Tel. +1 410-457 9000 ext. 255 - Fax +1 410 752 4797.
Email rschulz@thewalters.org

21 - 26 September 2003
Norman, Oklahoma, (USA)

UMAC - UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS

Theme: Engaging the Community
Venue: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma.

Contacts: Peter B. Tirrell, Associate Director, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, USA.
Tel. +1 405 325 1009 Fax +1 405 325 7699.
Email pbtirrell@ou.edu
or
Michelle Flood

More information and registration at: http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/umac2003/

29 September - 1^st October 2003
Nairobi (Kenya)

AFRICOM - INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF AFRICAN MUSEUMS

1^st General Assembly & Conference
Theme: Museums in Africa: Challenges for the 21^st Century

Contacts: Eunice Muthoka AFRICOM Secretariat P.O. Box 38706 Ngara 00600 Nairobi, KENYA
Tel. +254 20 3748668 Fax +254 20 3748928

More information and registration at: http://www.african-museums.org/

27 - 29 September 2003
Sibiu (Romania)

ICME - ETHNOGRAPHY

ICME Annual meeting
Theme: "Cultural Traditions in Danger of Disappearing in Contemporary Society - A Challenge for Museums".
Venue: The "ASTRA" National Museum Complex, Sibiu.

Contact: Per B. Rekdal, The Norwegian Museum Authority, P.b.8045 Dep., N-0030 Oslo, Norway
Tel. +47 21 02 17 15 Fax +47 23 23 94 41
E-mail: per.b.rekdal@museumsnett.no

Corneliu Bucur Ph.D., General Director, The ASTRA National Museum Complex, 2400 Sibiu, Piata Mica, nr. 11.
Fax: +40 (0)69 21 80 60
Tel. Dumbrava: +40 (0)69 42 02 15, Director: +40 (0)69 42 23 40 Hermes House: +40 (0)69 21 81 95, Director: +40 (0)69 21 15 80
E-mail: astra@sbx.logicnet.ro

28 September - 3 October 2003
Cracow, (Poland)

COSTUME

Theme: Poland and other crossroads in dress.

Contacts: Olga Jaros, National Museum in Cracow, Al. 3 Maja 1, 30-062 Cracow, Poland.
Tel. +48 12 29 55 638. Fax +48 12 29 55 555.
Email: olga_jaros@muz-nar.krakow.pl

or Dr Beata Biedronska-Slota, Curator, Muzeum Narodowe, Pilsudskiego 12, 31-109 Cracow, Poland.
Tel. +48 12 295 5578.
Email: bslota@muz-nar.krakow.pl

8 - 10 October 2003
Doubna, (Russia)

IC0M-RUSSIA - RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

International conference organised by the United Institute of Nuclear Researches and ICOM Russian National Committee.
Theme: Science and museum practice.
Working languages: English and Russian.

Contacts: ICOM-Russia, Secretariat, 3/4 Volkhonka str. 119019, Russia.
Fax (+7) 095 203 8487.
Email: icom@kremlin.museum.ru

8 - 10 October 2003
Lenzburg, (Switzerland)

DEMHIST - HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS

Fourth DEMHIST annual conference
Theme: "'Facing and Solving the Challenges of Historic House Museums in the 21^st Century: Examples and Models."
Venue: The Historical Museum Aargau
The theme of the conference involves the following questions: How to attract visitors in an enlarging leisure market? How to manage a great number of visitors in rooms for a domestic life? How to guarantee security and safety? How to reach a happy marriage between "container" and "contents"? .

All DEMHIST voting members are eligible to submit talk proposal abstracts, while all professionals are encouraged to attend.
Call for Papers 31 May

Contacts: Dr Hugh Maguire, Museums and Archives Officer, The Heritage Council, Rothe House, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Fax +353 (0)56 70 788
Email: secretarytreasurer@demhist.icom.museum
Daniela Ball, Director Historisches Museum Aargau, DEMHIST Conference,
Tel. (+41-62) 888 48 40, Fax (+41 62) 888 48 41
Email: daniela.ball@ag.ch

More information at: http://demhist.icom.museum

25 - 28 October 2003
New York (United States)

ICEE - EXHIBITION EXCHANGE

ICEE Annual Meeting in partnership with NAME
Theme: "Exhibition Exchanges and Communities"
The International Council on Museums (ICOM) and the American Association of Museums (AAM) international and national committees ICEE & NAME, are teaming up in New York City to offer an international forum for dialogue on Exhibitions, Exchanges and Communities.
In the last few years, many events have heightened our awareness of our inter-connectivity and thrust us into the realm of social responsibility and community relevance. ICEE 2003, as a symposium for advancing the exhibition medium, will explore the role of the exhibitions and their reach into communities. We’ll examine how museums face the challenge of collecting, exhibiting and interpreting contemporary issues. We will discuss how the exhibition can be a catalyst for contemplation over the past and the future and a vehicle for cultural exchange. We will reflect on how the exhibition could be an instrument that captures the collective consciousness and imagination, and exchange ideas on what ways the exhibition acts as sources of knowledge in relation to the historic past.

Contacts: Monique Horth Manager, Centre for Exhibition Exchange 280 Metcalfe, suite 400 Ottawa Ontario K1P 6P4 Canada
Tel. +1 819 243 6422 Fax +1 819 243 7273
Email: mhorth@museums.ca

More information at: http://icee.icom.museum

26 October - 1 November 2003
Mérida (Mexico)

ICR - REGIONAL MUSEUMS

Annual meeting
Theme: Museums and regional development.

Contact:
For further information please contact us: icrmexico2003@hotmail.com

2 - 6 November 2003
Oaxaca (Mexico)

CECA - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ACTION

Annual ICOM CECA International Conference
and
Third National ICOM CECA Mexico Meeting

Theme: Education Concepts Shaping Museum Realities: Mission Possible! ("Conceptos educativos que transforman la realidad dentro de nuestros museos: ¡Una Misión Posible!" )
During the Meeting in Mexico this year, we will be pleased to present 3 CECA International publications and the Memoirs of our last National Meeting, which took place in Zacatecas, Zacatecas.
Venue: Santo Domingo Museum

Deadline for proposals (lectures and Markplace of Ideas presentations): July 31 (Notification to those accepted: August 30 and on.)

Contact:
María José Gómez Castillo, (coordinating office of the event in ICOM Mexico) at the following address: cecamexico2003@solar.sar.net or
Yuridia Rangel, ICOM México, Santa Veracruz #66, Col. Guerrero
C.P. 06300 Deleg. Cuauhtémoc, México, D.F., Mexico.
Tel. +52 55 18 22 65 ext. 246. Tel./fax +52 55 10 43 77.
Email: icommexico@solar.sar.net

6 - 7 November 2003
Florence (Italy)

ICOM ITALY

International Conference
Theme: "The Museum as a ‘Firm’: from Conservation of Value to Creation of Values"
Venue: University of Florence
University of Florence - Faculty of Economics - Department of Business Studies Interuniversity Research Group on Nonprofit Organizations and with the support of: ICOM ITALIA
CALL FOR PAPERS:

Issues covered in the Conference include:

1. museums’ institutional frameworks and governance structures;
2. mission and strategic decisions;
3. “internal” accountability: planning, programming and control,
4. “external” accountability: communication of results;
5. museum districts and museum clusters.

Contact: Barbara Sibilio
Email: barbara.sibilio@cce.unifi.it

12 - 16 November 2003
S. Francisco CA (USA)

CIMAM - MODERN ART

Annual meeting
Theme: "Contemporary Art and Digital and Genome Technology"

Contact: David Elliott, President of CIMAM, Director, Mori Art Museum, Mori Art Museum Project Office, 6- 2-31 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 - 6090, Japan.
Tel. +81 (0)3 5770 8824. Fax:+81 (0)3 5411 2648.
Email d.elliott@moriart.org

For more information : http://cimam.icom.museum/

12 - 16 November 2003
Washington D.C. (USA)

ICOM-GERMANY - GERMAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Annual meeting
Theme: "America's museums - Putting visitors first! "

Contact: ICOM-Germany, In der Halde 1, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Fax +49 30 69 50 45 26.
Email icom-deutschland@t-online.de

For more information : http://germany.icom.museum/

17 - 21 November 2003
Camberra (Australia)

INTERCOM - MANAGEMENT

Annual meeting
Theme: "The Management of Museum Developments "
Venue: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
In recent years there have been unprecedented building and redevelopment programs in the museum sector. Some have been major 'greenfield' developments; others programs of renewal while the institution continued to operate.
This conference seeks to examine how such projects can be managed effectively while delivering quality outcomes within the restraints of budget and time.
At some time in their careers, most museum professionals will be involved in such a project. They are challenging and demanding and a failure to achieve, and a disappointment by the public in the result, can materially affect the standing of the institution for many years afterwards.
This will be a stimulating two day conference drawing on recent practical experiences in both small and major institutions.
A series of pre and post conference tours will contribute to make this an outstanding event.

Call for papers: A synopsis (no more than 200 words) of proposed papers is sought by 14 August, with advice of acceptance by 29 August. Papers of 15 minutes with 10 minutes for questions are envisaged

Contact: Steve Gower, INTERCOM Board member, Chair, Council of Australian Museum Directors and Director, Australian War Memorial, GPO Box 345 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia.
Tel. +61 2 62434225 Fax +61 2 62434218
E-mail: steve.gower@awm.gov.au

3 - 11 May 2004
Taipei (Taiwan)

AVICOM - AUDIOVISUAL AND IMAGE AND SOUND NEW TECHNOLOGIES

F@IMP 2004 -International Audiovisual Festival on Museums and Heritage / Festival audiovisuel international Musées et patrimoine (3-7 May)
Summit of International Museum Directors (10-11 May)
Venue: National Palace Museum
Two international conferences on Museum Development and Multimedia Application.

Contact: AVICOM-F@IMP, Musée de la Marine, 17 place du Trocadéro, 75116 Paris, France.
Tel./fax (+33) (0)1 47 04 38 47.
Email marie-francoise.delval@culture.gouv.fr or faimp@npm.gov.tw
National Palace Museum, 221 Chih-shan Rd., 111 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel. (+886) 2 2881 2021 - Fax (+886) 2 2882 1440.
Email summit@npm.gov.tw

6 - 11 June 2004
Copenhagen (Denmark)

ICOM-CC WOAM - CONSERVATION - WORKING GROUP ON WET ORGANIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS

The 9^th ICOM-CC WOAM Conference
Venue: National Museum, Prinsens Palais, Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen

Contact: Dr. Per Hoffmann, Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Hans-Scharoun- Platz 1 D. 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany.
Email: hoffmann@dsm.de
Kristiane Strætkvern, National Museum, The Conservation Department, Archaeology I.C. Modewegs vej, Brede DK 2800 LYNGBY, Denmark.
Email: kristiane.straetkvern@natmus.dk

More information at: http://www.natmus.dk/sw1677.asp

2 - 8 October 2004
Seoul (Korea)

ICOM - GENERAL CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

20^th General Conference of ICOM
Theme: "Museums and Intangible Cultural Heritage"

Contact: ICOM Secretariat, Maison de l'UNESCO 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
Tel. +33 (0)1 47 34 05 00 Fax +33 (0)1 43 06 78 62
Email secretariat@icom.museum

ICOM 2004 Web Site

Autumn 2004
Berlin, Postdam (Germany)

DEMHIST - HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS

Fifth annual conference.
Themes: Marketing: "Benefits and dangers". "What to do with empty houses?".

Contact: Dr Hugh Maguire, Museums and Archives Officer, The Heritage Council, Rothe House, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Tel. (+353) (0)56 70 777 - Fax (+353) (0)56 70 788.
Email secretarytreasurer@demhist.icom.museum

12 - 16 September 2005
The Hague (The Netherlands)

ICOM-CC - CONSERVATION

14^th Triennial Meeting.
Theme: Our cultural past - Your future!

Contact: ICOM-CC Secretariat, Isabelle Verger, c/o ICCROM, 13 Via di San Michele, I-00153 Rome, Italy.
Tel. (+39) 06 58 553 410 - Fax (+39) 06 58 553 349.
Email icom-cc@iccrom.org

2005
London (United Kingdom)

DEMHIST - HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS

Sixth annual conference.
Theme: The Future of historic house museums in the 21^st century: Survival and sustainability.

Contact: Dr Hugh Maguire, Museums and Archives Officer, The Heritage Council, Rothe House, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Tel. (+353) (0)56 70 777 - Fax (+353) (0)56 70 788.
Email secretarytreasurer@demhist.icom.museum