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http://icme.icom.museum/

ICME papers 2004

The ICOM Curricula Guidelines for Museum Professional

Development and the extension of ICOM's official role intothe Living Intangible eritage

By

Patrick Boylan

Professor Emeritus of Heritae Policy an! Manaement" City #ni$ersity %on!on"

an! Presi!ent of the IC&M 'rainin of Personnel Committee (IC'&P)

http://ictop.icom.museum/

Presentation from the Concurrent *ession +Museums an! %i$in Heritae+"

orani,e! -y ICME" 'he ational olk Museum of orea" IC&M orea an!IC'&P.

IC&M eneral conference" *eoul" orea. &cto-er 21" 2004

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Patrick J. Boylan:Chairperson of the ICOM International

Committee for the Training ofPersonnel (ICTOP), City ni!ersity

"on#on)

$The ICOM C%rric%la &%i#elinesfor M%se%m Professional

'e!elopment an# the etension ofICOMs official role into the "i!ing

Intangi*le +eritage$

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ICOM -' T/-II& 0 I

1947: ICOM established an internationalspecialist Committee for Personnel &

Administration. Incldin! ad"isin! on msemtrainin!# sbse$entl% dissol"ed abot 1%ears later.

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ICOM -' T/-II& 0 II

'o(e"er ICOM adopted man%recommendations on trainin! isses# andparticlarl% the need for professionalreco!nition and trainin!# 1947 ) 19*7

see especiall% se"eral ICOM +riennial

,eneral Conference -esoltions on ICOM

(ebsite: http:http:icomicom.msem.msem) in /rench and0n!lish

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ICOM0ICTOP 0 I

19*: +he International Committee for the+rainin! of Personnel 2IC+OP3 (asestablished onn the initiati"e of the ICOM0ecti"e Concil: chaired b% -a%mond5in!leton of 6eicester ni"ersit%# 0n!land#(ith 8an 8eline of the Mora"ian Msem &ni"ersit% of rno# C;echosl"aia as5ecretar%.

As (ith all ICOM Committees themembership (as b% in"itation and (as limitedto

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ICOM0ICTOP 0 II

IC+OP be!an its pro!ramme of annalmeetin!s 2held e"er% %ear since 19* ecept197=3

>. and its pro!ramme of research and

de"elopment of models and techni$es for

trainin! of msem professionals# especiall%

crators >. also the acti"e promotion of the need for

professional trainin! for msem (or

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ICOM IC+OP ? III

IC+OP@s first maor proect (as a sr"e% of

the crrent state of msem trainin! arondthe (orld

Bith the ne( ICOM +rainin! nit 2,eor!es?

'enri -i"ire and D"onne Oddon3 IC+OP

collected and anal%sed a (ide ran!e of

models and crricla

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ICOM IC+OP ? IE

In 197 ICOM co?pblished 2(ith arer#6ondon3 a sbstantial boo: FMsemProfessional +rainin!G prepared b% -a%mond5in!leton and 8an 8eline from this researchb% IC+OP and the ICOM +rainin! nit

as (ell as papers b% se"eral eperts# this

inclded abot H eamples of crricla inse b% msem trainin! pro!rammes )mainl% ni"ersit% post!radate professionaldiplomas or Master@s de!rees

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+'0 ICOM F5D66A5G ? I

1971: ICOM recei"ed a contract from05CO to re"ie( pro!rammes of theinternational bilin!al msem trainin! centreat 8os# i!eria# IC+OP

(ith considerable inpt from IC+OP# the+rainin! nit pblished# initiall% as a

05CO -eport# the first recommended05CO?ICOM detailed crriclm formsem professional trainin!# based on theIC+OP sr"e%s and anal%sis of Fbest practiceG

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+'0 ICOM F5D66A5G ? II

+he ori!inal 05CO?ICOMrecommendations (ere presented in theori!inal /rench as a FPro!ramme +%peG2probabl% best translated into 0n!lish asFmodel pro!rammeG3#

ho(e"er# this title (as soon bein!

mistranslated as Fasic 5%llabsG and the titleF05CO?ICOM asic 5%llabs 25%llabs d

ase in /rench3 (as $icl% adopted

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+'0 ICOM F5D66A5G ? III

+he ori!inal tet mainl% constitted a "er%detailed and comple list of themes andtopics that shold be inclded in a msemtrainin! pro!ramme# (ith little indication oftheir relati"e (ei!ht or importance

e"ertheless the F5%llabsG (as "er% (idel%

sed b% trainin! pro!rammes of all inds#especiall% post!radate ni"ersit% corses inmseolo!% or msem stdies for ftrecrators

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+'0 ICOM F5D66A5G ? IE

+he 05CO?ICOM F5%llabsG (as formall%reco!nised# adopted and recommended b%ICOM# and (as re"ised at inter"als b% IC+OPin the li!ht of chan!es in the msem (orldJpdates bein! formall% appro"ed and adoptedb% either an ICOM ,eneral Conference or b%the 0ecti"e Concil

'o(e"er# as this (as becomin! ot of date inconcept IC+OP be!an a complete re"ision in199*

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+'0 ICOM F5D66A5G ? E

+he re"ision (as led b% anc% /ller of the5mithsonian# (orin! (ith a small nmber b%(ide ran!e of IC+OP members and othereperts

It (as soon a!reed that tho!h the 1971

strctre had ser"ed the profession and

ICOM "er% (ell for a $arter of a centr% abasic chan!e of concept (as no( re$ired#

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A completel% ne( approach ? I

anc% /ller and her !rop soon a!reed that:

1st:

a ne( docment shold not be aimedsolel% or mainl% at the initial professionaledcation and trainin! of ftre crators andother professionals