Museums, Ethics and Cultural Heritage

Introductions: i ICOM Turns 70: Ethics and the Value Creation Role of Museums Hans-Martin Hinz ii The role of museums in the twenty-first century Anne Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine iii The Work of the ICOM Ethics Committee Martin Schärer iv Introduction Bernice L Murphy PART I: Museums and ethics, the ICOM Code, and evolving standards for museums’ heritage care and social commitment 1 ICOM’s present Code: ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums (2004) Geoffrey Lewis 2 Ethical Issues and Standards for Natural History Museums Eric Dorfman 3 Reversing the De-realisation of Natural and Social Phenomena: Ethical Issues for Museums in a Multidisciplinary Context Michel Van-Praët PART II: International Action on Protection of the World’s Cultural Heritage and Biosphere 4 UNESCO’s Actions and International Standards for Museums Mechtild Rossler, and Nao Hayashi 5 The UNESCO Recommendation on the Protection and Promotion of Museums and Collections, their Diversity and Role in Society François Mairesse 6 Protecting Cultural Heritage at Risk: an International Public Service Mission for ICOM France Desmarais 7 Dances with Intellectual Property: Museums, Monetization and Digitization Rina Pantalony 8 Stolen and Illegally Exported Artifacts in Collections: Key Issues for Museums within a Legal Framework Marilyn Phelan 9 Advice and Support in the Recovery of Lost Art : The Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste Michael Franz PART III: Heritage Care and Ethics Through the Lens of Multiple Cultures and Regions 10 Unchanging Ethics in a Changing World Gary Edson 11 New Models of Shared Heritage and Collection Access: Museum Island and Humboldt Forum in Berlin Herman Parzinger 12 A Museum Triangle: Ethics, Standards of Care, and the Pleasure of Perception Dorota Folga- Januszewska 13 The Odyssey of Nature and Science Museums from Apollo to the Anthropocene Emlyn Koster 14 The Chinese Museum: Transformation and Change through Ethics Construction An Laishun 15 Ethics, Museology and Professional Training in Japan Eiji Mizushima PART IV: Provenance research, evolving issues and new directions across a changing landscape for collections 16 Advocating for International Collaborations: WWII-era Provenance Research in Museums Jane Milosch 17 ‘Definitely Stolen?’: Why There Is No Alternative to Provenance Research in Archaeological Museums Markus Hilgert 18 Deaccessioning: some reflections François Mairesse 19 Ethics in a Changing Social Landscape: Community Engagement and Public Participation in Museums. Sally Yerkovitch 20 Conservation – How Ethics Work in Practice Stephanie de Roemer PART V: ‘Torn History’, Reshaping an Integrated Heritage, and Repatriation Issues 21 Using the Past to Forge a Future: Challenges of Uniting a Nation against Skeletal Odds Bongani Ndhlovu 22 Exhibiting Contentious and Difficult Histories: Ethics, Emotions and Reflexivity Sharon Macdonald 23 Native America in the Twenty-First Century: Journeys in Cultural Governance and Museum Interpretation W. Richard West, Jr. 24 Afro-descendent Heritage and its Unacknowledged Legacy in Latin American Museum Representation Monica Gorgas 25 In Search of the Inclusive Museum Amareswar Galla PART VI: Case-Studies, Ethical Dilemmas and Ethics-in-Action 26 The Lombroso Museum in Turin: A Reflection on the Exhibition and Scientific Study of Human Remains Alberto Garlandini & Stefano Montaldo 27 The Auschwitz-Birkenow Museum and a Claim to Portraits of Holocaust Victims Made by Artist Dinah Gottliebová Babitt Vojtěch Blodig 28 The Mask of Ka-nefer-nefer Regine Schulz 29 Ethics versus Law: The restitution of The Miracle of St Anthony by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Aedín MacDevitt 30 Ethics in Action: Situational Scenarios Turning the Keys to the Code of Ethics Eva Maehre Lauritzen