Museum ethics: ICOM Code of Ethics for Natural History Museums
ICOM (the UNESCO International Council of Museums) has published a Code of Ethics for Natural History Museums, providing guidance to supplement the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums.
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Museum policy UK: investment and funding in UK Museums
There is active debate in the UK on museum funding in late 2013, often within a wider discussion on social inequality and social impact of museums. Rebalancing our Cultural Capital looks at inequities in investment in London vs other English regions. Where is Private Investment in the Arts Going? from Arts & Business looks at the situation 2011-12.
Museum policy UK: Museums Change Lives
The UK Museums Association undertook a vision consultation - Museums 2020 - in 2012. A major output of this exercise has been released - Museums Change Lives, which presents a vision for the future social impact of museums and their roles as agents of social change.
Human remains policy: German guidance on remains in collections
The Deutscher Museums Bund has produced Recommendations for the Care of Human remains in Museums and Collections for use by German institutions. Commentary and links (in German) also available.
Museum Ethics USA: Future of Museum Ethics
The American Association of Museums' Centre for the Future of Museums has just launched a project on forcasting the future of museum ethics with the Institute for Museum Ethics.Good blog post on some of the issues.
Museum Ethics: disposal, access and use
Useful article by Mark Fisher in the Art Newspaper on issues surrounding disposal and public benefit - stimulated by the recent Farrer seminar. A focus on art collections, but the principles and issues are relevant to natural history and library collections as well.
Museum Ethics: NY guidelines on deaccession
Useful summary and resources on developments in deaccessioning for some New York museums in the current difficult financial climate.