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INTERNATIONAL
MUSEUM DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
- May 18: Observance of this
day serves as a platform to raise public awareness on the
role museums play in the development of society today, on an
international level.
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Description |
- An annual celebration, coordinated by the
International Council of Museums (ICOM).
- The event highlights a specific theme
that changes every year and that is at the heart of the
international museum community’s preoccupations.
- It is an opportunity for museum professionals to meet
the public and alert them as to the challenges
that museums face.
- A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution
in the service of society and its development, open to the
public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates
and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage
of humanity and its environment for the purposes of
education, study and enjoyment.
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