Every three years, ICOM’s General Conference gathers the international museum community around a theme chosen by museum professionals. ICOM’s 24th General Conference will take place in Milan (Italy), 3-9 July, 2016. In 2013 it took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in 2010 in Shanghai, China.
Many professions are represented at the General Conference: museum and heritage professionals, curators, conservators, archaeologists, historians, architects, urban planners, exhibition designers, project managers, archivists, registrars, inventory coordinators, document and knowledge managers, librarians, government officials, cultural policy makers, cultural officers, tourism experts, researchers, academics, lecturers, artists, suppliers, consultants… Participants can also be culture enthusiasts, senior members and students of the above fields and, of course, ambitious newcomers.
At each edition of the General Conference, more than 100 nationalities are present (100 in Seoul, 117 in Vienna, 122 in China and 103 in Brazil).
Why attend the ICOM General Conference?
- Meet over 4,000 participants from various cultural backgrounds.
- Learn from the experience and knowledge of museum professionals from all around the world.
- Stay up-to-date with global issues and the latest trends in your field.
- Discover and share success stories, innovative practices and challenges.
- Make new contacts and catch up with old friends.
- Listen to and brainstorm with the experts.
- Inspire each other and benefit from a rich environment of mutual learning.
Conference Theme:
Museums and Cultural Landscapes building up a Cultural Heritage
The Italian landscape is world-famous. It has been described and visited in all ages. The 18th century Grand Tour became an essential destination for those seeking the best synthesis of history and natural beauty. Who does not know the extraordinary range of landscapes that make up the Italian peninsula, extending from the Alps to the center of the Mediterranean, with its hinterlands and its Rivieras? Who does not have in mind at least one of the numberless monuments encountered while traveling through Italy, a country offering a unique stratified palimpsest of testimonies from antiquity to the Middle Ages, from the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the Neoclassical age to the present day?
Daniele Jalla (ICOM Italy president) presentation
Alberto Garlandini (ICOM Milano 2016 president) presentation
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