Report2004
ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums
ICOM
Sets out that a museum's first obligation is to hold collections in trust for society rather than for the institution itself, and ties acquisition, display and disposal decisions to that duty.
Archaeology · Heritage, Conservation & Controversy
Museums & Display
A topic within Heritage, Conservation & Controversy, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Archaeology.
Reading on Museums & Display
22 works
Book2019
Scattered Finds: Archaeology, Egyptology and Museums
Alice Stevenson
Traces how a century of British excavation in Egypt scattered finds across 350 museums worldwide, and argues that where an object ended up shaped what it was taken to mean as much as where it was dug up.
300 pageslink checked 17 Sept 2026FreeIntermediate