Icom-Museums-Musees-Canada

To further the primary aims and objectives of icom as the international body which represents museums to the canadian public; to collaborate in the research study and exchange of ideas in the field of museology with other organizations whose aims are similar to those of icom and especially with unesco; to encourage the partcipation of canadian museums and of all canadian museum professionals in the research protection conservation interpretation and circulation of museum collections; to act within canada as an advisor on and a reference centre for information of an international nature that may be of interest to canadian museums and the canadian public; to increase the awareness of the canadian public about the existence of museums in canada and to further the understanding of their role in cultureand society; and to foster co-operation mutual assistance and the exchange of information among its members.