Press release - ICOM Deutschland
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International Museum Day – 18 May 2011<br />
Museum and Memory: Objects Tell Your Story<br />
Paris, Thursday 12 May 2011<br />
PRESS RELEASE<br />
On and around 18 May next, museums worldwide will celebrate International Museum Day. Established in<br />
1977 by the International Council of Museums, more than 30,000 museums in around 100 countries will hold<br />
special activities on this occasion.<br />
Museum and Memory: Objects Tell Your Story<br />
In 2011, the theme of International Museum Day is Museum and Memory. Through the objects they store,<br />
museums collect stories and convey the memory of our communities. These objects are the expressions of our<br />
natural and cultural heritage. Many of them are fragile, some endangered and they need special care and<br />
conservation. International Museum Day 2011 will be an occasion for visitors to discover and rediscover<br />
individual and collective memory.<br />
Activities on the Museum and Memory theme…<br />
In Australia, the National Sports Museum in Melbourne is organising a programme called Remembering the<br />
Moments that Made Us where visitors of the museum will have the opportunity to meet and talk with sporting<br />
legends (“Memory Makers”) who contributed to great sporting moments and memories. In Sudan, the Natural<br />
History Museum in Khartoum has created an educational programme for families and school children who will<br />
be able to participate in a photography competition on the theme Documenting Our Natural History. In<br />
Argentina, the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Ridavia” in Caba, will offer a programme<br />
entitled Musecuentos specially established for this occasion. Storytellers will share stories that will be<br />
highlighted by the museum’s objects. In Belgium, the Musée royal de Mariemont will offer guided tours on the<br />
theme “Objects’ CV”.<br />
International and Institutional Partnerships<br />
The conservation and transmission of collective memory is a preoccupation for other heritage players, beyond<br />
the museum community. For this reason, for the first time ever, the International Council of Museums has<br />
initiated close institutional partnerships with other organisations that feel concerned by these questions and<br />
share <strong>ICOM</strong>’s preoccupation for the preservation of memory: the UNESCO “Memory of the World” programme,<br />
the Co-ordinating council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA), the International Council on Archives<br />
(ICA), the International Council on Monuments and Sites (<strong>ICOM</strong>OS) and the International Federation of Library<br />
Associations and Institutions (IFLA).<br />
In addition, <strong>ICOM</strong> will be a patron of the European Night of Museums on 14 May, 2011 for the first time since<br />
the event was launched in 2005. At the launch of the European Night of Museums, International Museum Day<br />
is announced.<br />
We wish you an excellent International Museum Day and an enjoyable European Night of Museums!<br />
Please, visit the IMD website and discover museum activities at: http://imd2011.icom.museum.<br />
Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Museum-Day-2011/178953758817864<br />
<strong>Press</strong> contact - Nadine AMORIM - Tel. + 33 1 47 34 91 63 – nadine.amorim@icom.museum<br />
UNESCO House. 1, rue Miollis. 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France. Tel. +33 (0)1 47 34 05 00. Fax: +33 (0)1 43 06 78 62<br />
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