Reflections in the Glass: Informing Audiences: Public Perceptions of Illicit Antiquities in Art Museums

Course Description: Most of the thought, policies and procedures regarding the ethics of collecting, conservation, exhibition and stewardship that art museums follow were established some time ago. As practices of art making have changed and as our society has become more pluralistic, many of the presuppositions that the various codes of museum ethics have accepted a priori would seem to need re-evaluation. Among the many problems to be considered are the following: 1) Acquisition and stewardship of site-specific, artist-installed works. 2) Problems museums face in the digital age: information versus surrogacy. 3) Cultural property and repatriation issues. 4) Developing proper contexts for the display and interpretation of art from all periods and cultures. 5) Creating a culture of recognition for stewardship. 6) Negotiating the problems presented by corporate and government funding sources. Readings will be by artists, art historians, critics, museum directors, curators and conservators, all from the post-World War II era. Guest lectures will include museum professionals offering various points of view, including a director, conservator, and curator. The class will be conducted as a seminar, with students expected to participate in discussion, make a formal oral presentation, and write a research paper. This course carries the Ethics and Leadership flag. Ethics and Leadership courses are designed to equip you with skills that are necessary for making ethical decisions in your adult and professional life. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments involving ethical issues and the process of applying ethical reasoning to real-life situations.

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Course Description: Most of the thought, policies and procedures regarding the ethics of collecting, conservation, exhibition and stewardship that art museums follow were established some time ago. As practices of art making have changed and as our society has become more pluralistic, many of the presuppositions that the various codes of museum ethics have accepted a priori would seem to need re-evaluation. Among the many problems to be considered are the following: 1) Acquisition and stewardship of site-specific, artist-installed works. 2) Problems museums face in the digital age: information versus surrogacy. 3) Cultural property and repatriation issues. 4) Creating a culture of recognition for stewardship. Readings will be by artists, museum directors, curators and conservators, all from the post-World War II era.

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ICOFOM Study Series, 2015

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Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook, 2004

Museum development and role. Analysis of the ICOM Code of Ethics with case studies.

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Curator: The Museum Journal, 1997

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[available online in autumn 2013 at http://www.jcms-journal.com/collections/special].

Museum Ethics refer to the values on which museums found their operations on. 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). This guest editorial explains the overall conception of this collection and provides an insider’s view of the papers.

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ICOFOM Study Series

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Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, 2014

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