Guest Editorial on Museum Ethics

Georgios Papaioannou

doi:10.5334/jcms.1021206

Abstract

Museum ethics refer to the values on which museums found their operations. Therefore, they constitute a key issue in the museum world. In the last decade, there have been books, papers, institutions and individuals that solely discuss museum ethics. This collection of papers aims to contribute to this discussion. It is the published outcome of a session hosted at the Fourth International Conference on Information Law (ICIL, 20th – 21st May 2011, Thessaloniki, Greece).1 This guest editorial explains the overall conception of this collection and provides an insider’s view of the papers.

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AAM American Alliance of Museums Code of Ethics for Museums 2000 Available at: http://www.aam-us.org/resources/ethics-standards-and-best-practices/code-of-ethics-for-museums [Accessed 11 July 2013]

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Apostolides A Looting and Antiquities’ Trade (in Greek) Athens Agra Publishers 2006

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Bersterman T Macdonald S Museum Ethics A Companion to Museum Studies West Sussex Wiley-Blackwell 2011 431 41

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Brodie N Doole J Watson P Stealing History: The Illicid Trade in Cultural Material Cambridge The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 2000

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Edson G Museum Ethics London Routledge 1997

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Gerstenblith P Macdonald S Museum Practice: Legal Issues A Companion to Museum Studies West Sussex Wiley-Blackwell 2011 442 456

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ICOM International Council of Museums Code of Ethics for Museums 2006 Available at: http://icom.museum/the-vision/code-of-ethics/ [Accessed 11 July 2013]

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ICOM Lappas S Κώδικας Δεοντολογίας του ICOM για τα Μουσεία Athens ICOM Greec 2009 Available at: http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icom-greece/code-of-ethics_GR_01.pdf [Accessed 24 September 2013]

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ICOM ICOM News Magazine 2010 63 1

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MA Museums Association Code of Ethics for Museums 2008 Available at: http://www.museumsassociation.org/ethics/code-of-ethics [Accessed 11 July 2013]

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Marstine J C The Routledge Companion to Museum Ethics. Redefining Ethics for the Twenty-First Century Museum London and New York Routledge 2011

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UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property Paris 1970 Available at: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13039&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html [Accessed 11 July 2013]

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UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects Rome 1995 Available at: http://www.unidroit.org/english/conventions/1995culturalproperty/main.htm [Accessed 11 July 2013]

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Vrdoljak A F International Law, Museums and the Return of Cultural Objects Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008

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