Peter van Mensch

A Work of Art in a Museum is a Work of Art in a Museum

society

art

functions

institutions

heritage

functions

institution

society

constraints

internal external

institutional

historical social

professional

heritage

functions

institution

society

constraints

internal external

institutional

historical social

professional

axis of tradition and renewal

ECCO

Professional Guidelines (2002)

[the Conservator-Restorer] has a responsibility not only to the cultural heritage itself, but also to the owner or legal guardian, the originator or creator, the public, and to posterity

Code of Ethics (2003)

(article 5) The Conservator-Restorer shall respect the aesthetic, historic and spiritual significance and the physical integrity of the cultural heritage entrusted to her/his care.

(article 6) The Conservator-Restorer, in collaboration with other professional colleagues involved with cultural heritage, shall take into account the requirements of its social use while preserving the cultural heritage.

Museums may have been set up in an atmosphere of enlightenment, but this does not mean that they were democratic in nature, and I believe that exclusivity is in their DNA.

David Fleming 2008

• New Museology

• integrated museum

• social inclusion

social inclusion

• Access

• Representation

• Participation

2007 2005

• Museum 2.0

• Participation paradigm

web 2.0

• Community of connected users

• The network as platform

• Harnessing collective intelligence

• User generated content

2010

Nina Simon, The Participatory Museum (Santa Cruz Calif., 2010)

Forms of participation (Simon 2010)

Council of Europe 2005

Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Faro Convention)

a heritage community consists of people who value specific aspects of cultural heritage which they wish, within the framework of public action, to sustain and transmit to future generations.

participation paradigm

• front officepresentationeducationevents

• back officecollectingdocumentationconservation/restoration

transparencythe method as message

Kenneth Hudson1916-1999

A tiger in a museum is

a tiger in a museum

and not a tiger.

object

ideamaker

musealisationideamuseum

museum object

visitor idea

“conceptual object”

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Edgar Degas

Grande danseuse habillée

Tate Gallery, London

Edgar Degas

Grande danseuse habillée

Musée dÓrsay, Paris

Edgar Degas Grande danseuse habillée Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam)

critical thinking

empowerment

transformation

Tyne & Wear Museums and Archive

Our mission is to help people determine their place in the world and define their identities, so enhancing their self-respect and their respect for others.