Egyptian Red List Now Available From ICOM
Th Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk is now available. You may view it here. Published by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the Red List illustrates…
Red List Announced Covering At-Risk Egyptian Cultural Objects
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) today announced that it would soon release a Red List for Egypt. [UPDATE 2/6/12: The Red List is now available]. Red Lists describe…
Custer Battlefield Museum Lawsuit Against Federal Agents Dismissed in District Court
While a September 30, 2011 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals may have breathed life into Christopher Kortlander’s challenges to the government (see October 19, 2011 blog entry),…
Heritage Protection Laws in Uganda
The 16th annual triennial meeting of ICOM’s conservation committee took place in Lisbon, Portugal this week. Many outstanding papers were presented. I was privileged to moderate the Legal Issues in…
Protecting Against Internal Theft II
Last blog entry I wrote about the issue of internal theft at museums and cultural institutions. Because protecting against this risk is so important–next to protection against fire–the point should…
ICOM Preliminary Report Regarding Cultural Property in Egypt
The International Council of Museums has released a working document that attempts to summarize the condition of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo as well as several other important museums and…