5 - 11 October 2006
Cordoba and Alta Gracia, Argentina

Annual Meeting 2006 Joint - Meeting of ICOFOM, ICOFOM LAM (Latin America and the Caribbean) and ICOFOM SIB (Siberia).

Theme: Museology and History a Field of Knowledge
Sub topics: The Museums as a Field of Social Legitimation, Museology, History, Heritage and Society, Museums and Museology in the XXI Century
Venue: Cordoba (Jesuit University) and Alta Gracia (Museum)
Deadline: May 15, 2006

Contact: Dr. Hildegard K. Vieregg, President of ICOFOM. International Institute for Museum Sciences and Studies Munich. Geranienstr. 7, D- 85521 Ottobrunn- Riemerling/Germany.
Email Vieregg.hildegard@pc-future.de
For more information : http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~iims/icofom/meeting_2006.htm

8 - 13 October 2006
Copenhagen, Denmark and Lund, Sweden

Conference
Theme: Costume Decoration and Design.
Venue: The Royal Danish Collections in Copenhagen and Kulturen in Lund

Contact: Britta Hammar, Kvarnkroken 6, 226 47 Lund, Sweden.
Email: hammer.britta@telia.com
Pernilla Rasmussen, Curator, Textilmuseet, Borås, Sweden. Fjelie Byaväg, 19 237 91 Bjärred, Sweden.
Email: pernilla.rasmussen@ihv.uu.se
Katia Johansen, Secretary of the Costume Committee Conservator, Nationalmuseetsbevaringsafdeling Brede Rosenborgvaerkstedet, Bygning 7 2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
Tel. +45 4585 8445 – Fax +45 4585 4557
Email: kj@dkks.dk
For more information please check http://www.rosenborgslot.dk/ and click on the ICOM logo

10 - 13 October 2006
Valletta, Malta

DEMHIST 2006 Workshop
Theme: Managing the Past for the Future: Sustaining Historic House Museums in the 21st Century
Historic House Museums are, to many countries, a core attraction to both national and international visitors. How these sites are managed and directed reflects their success and sustainability in the future. The DEMHIST 2006 Workshop which will be held in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Valletta, Malta, will bring together a diverse assembly of heritage professionals and interested groups to discuss and debate important management issues. "MANAGING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE: SUSTAINING HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUMS IN THE 21st CENTURY" will be the central theme for the DEMHIST Workshop 2006. The Workshops will produce written standards, guidelines and resolutions for international action by members of ICOM. The themes will focus on planning for Historic Houses, the economics behind successful establishments, capacity building and principles and ethics in management. Workshop sessions and study visits offering opportunities to share knowledge, discuss current trends, learn, and build partnerships with other experts in the field of Historic House Museums, will be held.

Contact: Dr. Malcolm Borg or Ms. Samantha Fabry, Heritage Enterprise, 26, St. Ursula Street, Senglea CSP 07, Malta
Fax +356 218 09 166
Email : heritage_enterprise@onvol.net
More information at :  http://demhist.heritagenterprise.com/

13 - 14 October 2006
Riga, Latvia

International Seminar
Theme: Co-operation in promotion of professionalism.

Contact: Mme Gundega Dreiblate, Officer, Museum Administration, State Authority on Museums
Kalku Str. 11a, 1050 Riga Latvia
Tel. +371 (0)2 750 3870 Fax +371 (0)2 722 8083
Email gundega.dreiblate@km.gov.lv

15 - 20 October 2006
Istambul, Izmir, Bodrum, Turkey

Glass annual Meeting
Theme: East and West - 2000 Years of Glass
Call for Papers : June 30

Contact: Gunnel Holmér, Smålands Museum-Swedish Glass Museum, Box 102 SE-351 04 VÄXJÖ SWEDEN
Fax. +46-470 397 44
Email: gunnel.holmer@smalandsmuseum.se

18 - 20 October 2006
Brussels, Belgium

Conference
Theme: Uniforms: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Venue: Royal Army and Military History Museum (RMM), Brussels
Uniforms are a core element in collections held at the majority of arms and military museums and institutes. However, this is the first time that ICOMAM will be discussing this textile heritage from a variety of scientific approaches. The aim will be to place the (military) uniform in a wider context, so as to allow room for socio-cultural and ethnographic studies, as well as lectures with an (art) historical, museological or economic basis. ICOMAM welcomes its members to these workshops, and, in particular, would like to invite clothing and textiles museums, and ethnographic and folk museums to help unravel the uniform in all of its aspects.

Contact: Symposium organized by the Royal Militairy Museum, Brussels and ICOMAM
Fax 0032 2 737 79 12
Email: symposium2006@klm-mra.be or
www.klm-mra.be
www.icomam.icom.museum

24 - 27 October 2006
Karataš (Kladovo), Serbia and Montenegro

Regional Conference
Theme: Condition of the Cultural and Natural Heritage in the Balkans
Venue : Karataš, near Kladovo, in the archaeological region of Djerdap
organised by the the Initiative Board of the Regional ICOM Organisation for the Southeast Europe, National Committee of ICOM Serbia and Montenegro and the National Museum in Belgrade - DIANA Department for Preventive Conservation.

The deadline for preliminary applications is February 20, 2006.
Papers and posters on the conference theme are invited. The deadline for abstracts is March 10, 2006.

Contact: National Committee ICOM Serbia and Montenegro, Gallery of Frescoes, Cara Uroša 20, 11000 Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro
Fax: +381 11 2183 655
Email: icom@yubc.net
Contact person: Maja Frankovic

26 - 28 October 2006
Sint Maarten

19th Annual General Meeting
Theme: Hands on and Interactive Exhibitions
in conjunction with Sint Maarten National Heritage Foundation
Museums around the world are understanding the educational importance their organizations have. Museums in the Caribbean are no different and are looking at ways of making their exhibitions more exciting so that visitors can be educated through entertainment.

Contact: Nigel Sadler, Turks and Caicos National Museum, P.O. Box 188, Front Street, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI
Email: museum@tciway.tc
For more information: www.caribbeanmuseums.com

2 - 4 November 2006
Taipei, Taiwan

Annual Meeting
Theme: New Roles and Missions of Museums
Venue: Taipei International Convention Center
The conference is organised jointly with Taiwan Council for Cultural Affairs and Chinese Association of Museums in Taipei
Join INTERCOM at its annual conference, which will take a closer look at current challenges museums are facing around the world. We welcome contributions under the following headings: 1) A new social relevance - human versus economic values 2) Local, regional, and national identity 3) Different types of roles for museums 4) International Activity 5) Addressing these new challenges: what is the role for local/central government?

Contact: David Fleming or Françoise McClafferty at National Museums Liverpool, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN, UK
Tel. +44 151 207 0001
Email: david.fleming@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk  or f.mcclafferty@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Proposals should be sent to intercom2006@cam.org.tw no later than 20 July 2006. 
For more information visit http://intercom.icom.museum

6 - 8 November 2006
Paris, France

Annual Meeting
Theme: The Exhibition - An Instrument of Dialogue between Cultures
Venue: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
They engage, educate, entertain but can they create bridges between times and cultures? The evolving exhibition medium is increasingly complex as it utilizes new strategies and methods to reach new audiences, create meaning and increase awareness of our place in the world. Are some museums bridging cultural gaps using the exhibition medium? Can nations and cultures communicate through exhibitions? How are exhibitions creating this intercultural dialogue and bridging the gaps of belonging, language, literature and culture?

Contact: François Tremblay at president@icee.icom.museum or Monique Horth at secretary@icee.icom.museum

For more information please visit : http://icee.icom.museum

15 - 17 November 2006
San José , Costa Rica

I Congreso Nacional de Museos
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, ICOM Costa Rica, los Museos del Banco Central, el Museo de la Universidad de Costa Rica, el Programa de Museología de la Universidad Nacional, la Red Centroamericana de Museos y la Asociación de Antropólogos Costarricenses invitan al
Lema : "Museos Costarricenses en el Siglo XXI"
Lugar : Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
El objetivo general del congreso es:

• propiciar la discusión del rol de los museos de Costa Rica en la preservación y divulgación del patrimonio del país.

Los objetivos específicos son:

• estimular la producción de materiales de reflexión y de experiencia en la comunidad museológica nacional;
• establecer las bases para la creación de una red nacional de museos que refuerce los lazos de colaboración y trabajo mutuo entre los mismos;
• fomentar la integración de todas las organizaciones que preservan y difunden el patrimonio nacional.

Contact: Lic. Sra Zulay Soto Mendez, Comité Nacional del ICOM, Apdo. 6508-1000, San José, Costa Rica
Tel. Fax +506 2721249
Email zusomesa@racsa.co.cr

Informaciónes : http://www.museocostarica.go.cr/

16 - 18 November 2006
Moscow , Russia

International Conference dedicated to the 50th anniversary of ICOM Russia
Theme : ICOM Russia in the World Community
Venue: State Tretyskov Gallery

Contact: Mme Galina Skitovitch, ICOM National Committee of Russia , 5/6, build 4 office 111, Volkhonka St, 119019, Moskva, Russian Federation
Tel. +7 495 203 6090 Fax +7 495 203 8487 or +7 495 203 0480
Email rusina@list.ru

23 - 24 November 2006
London , United Kingdom

CIMAM 2006 Annual Conference
Theme : Contemporary Institutions: Between Public and Private
Venue: Tate Modern
A two-day conference examining the influence, consequences, advantages, and/or drawbacks of the increasing intermeshing of public and private interests in and on museums around the world.

Contact: Mme Pilar Cortada
Email pilarcortada@lcimam.org
More information at http://cimam.icom.museum

27 - 29 November 2006
Camberra (Australia)

Annual Meeting
Fi@mp - "Festival International de l'Audiovisuel & du Multimédia sur le Patrimoine"
Venue : "Manning Clark Lecture Theatres" at the Australian National University
The AVICOM Festival begins again this year, after a one year break, and while having slightly modified its name which  becomes Fi@mp, "Festival International de l'Audiovisuel & du Multimédia sur le Patrimoine"

The vocation of Fi@mp is to make known and to diffuse the audio-visual and multi-media produced by museums and heritage institutions.
A competition arbitrated by an international jury elects the best productions of cultural institutions which are preceded, at the time of the awarding ceremony, at the end of the festival.

AVICOM invites you to register you to the competition as of now by registering audio-visual and multimedias ones produced by your institution. Download the registration files on our Web site at: 
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/avicomfaimp/festival/festival/festival_infos_pratiques.htm

Contact: Marie-Françoise Delval, Présidente d'AVICOM,
Email : marie-francoise.delval@culture.gouv.fr
For more information : http://avicom.icom.museum

27 - 30 November 2006
Wellington (New Zealand)

Annual Meeting
Conference
Theme: "Intangible Natural Heritage & Museums"
Key Topics: 1) "Museums are guarantees for a sustainable development of natural & cultural heritage"
About the role of museums for the society and for protecting world heritage
2) "Museums are the hottest hotspots of diversity of natural & cultural heritage"
About exhibitions with focus on habitat groups
(dioramas) and taxidermy as art
3) "Museum and Universal Heritage"
(in preparation to the theme of the ICOM General conference in Vienna, August 19-24, 2007
Venue: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa)

Contact: Gerhard Winter, Head of the Education Department, Naturmuseum Senckenberg (Senckenberg Natural History Museum), Seckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)69 7542 356 Fax +49 (0)69 7542 331
Email: gerhard.winter@senckenberg.de
For more information : http://nathist.icom.museum/fam.htm

November 2006
Jerba, Tunisia

Annual Meeting of ICOM Arab

Contact: Chedlia Annabi ICOM-Arab Musée national de Carthage Place de l'UNESCO 2016 Carthage, Tunisia
Tel. (+216) (0) 71730036 Fax (+216) (0) 71742040
Email: chedlia@gmail.com

3 - 5 December 2006
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Annual Meeting
Theme: Trends in Museum Developments
Venue: Netherlands Architecture Institute
ICAMT comes to Rotterdam, the European City of Architecture
Since the destruction of the city center in the Second World War, Rotterdam has maintained highly innovative standards in reconstructing the city; these standards have led to very interesting museums. This meeting will be held in the Netherlands Architecture Institute as well as in six different museum locations. Of special interest is the visit to the Institute of Sound & Vision, just two days after its opening.

Contact: Diana Pardue, Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island, Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004, diana_pardue@nps.gov or Han Meeter at projectb.meeter@tiscali.nl .
More information at: http://icamt.icom.museum

22 - 28 January 2007
Naqada Luxor, Egypt

ICOM-CC–Wood in cooperation with the Diocese of Naqada and Qus, Egypt.
The International Conference in Naqada and Qus region’s heritage.
Venue: The Centre of the Archangel Michael Monastery in Naqada
Theme: Naqada and Qus – Past and Present: History, Geography, Conservation, Preservation, Industries
Sub-themes: 1- Geography and history of Naqada and Qus region. 2- Heritage of Naqada and Qus region, its antiquities, arts and industries. 3- Treatment, Restoration, Preservation, Conservation, Storage and Displaying issues. 4- Intangible and oral issues & Legal and ethical issues. 5- Development issues. 6- Comparative studies with similar regions, areas, sites, monuments, cases from Egypt and from around the world in the conference themes and items.

Contact: Dr. Hany Hanna, Chair, ICOM-CC-Wood, Furniture and Lacquer
Tel. +20 2 4234474 Fax. +20 2 4251411 OR +20 24109687
Email: hhnnc@yahoo.com

31st May - 1st June 2007
London, United Kingdom

ICOM-CC Working Group Paintings : Scientific Study, Conservation and Restoration
Theme: Preparation for painting : the artist's choice and its consequences
Venue : The British Museum, London

Contact: jacqueline.ridge@tate.org.uk
More information: http://icom-cc.icom.museum/WG/Paintings/Newsletters/

19 - 24 August 2007
Vienna, Austria

21^st General Conference.
Theme: Museum and Universal Heritage

Contact: Armine Wehdorn, ICOM-Österreich, c/o Geldmuseum der Österreichischen Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, A-1090 Wien, Austria.
Tel. +43 1 404 20 6631 - Fax +43 1 404 20 6695.
Email: armine.wehdorn@oenb.co.at

More information at: http://austria.icom.museum/2007/index.html

September 2008
New Delhi, India

15th triennial Meeting.
Theme: "Diversity in heritage Conservation: Tradition, Innovation and Participation."

Contact: Isabelle Verger
Email: secretariat@icom-cc.org