The Japanese Council of Art Museums Published ‘Principles of Art Museums and Guidelines for Conduct of Art Museum Staff’

On September 10, the Japanese Council of Art Museums (Chairman: TATEHATA Akira), which has approximately 380 national, public and private museums as members, published ‘the Principles of Art Museums and Guidelines for the Conduct of Art Museum Staff’ on its website. Consisting of eleven principles and guidelines, it sets out the basic principles of art museums and the standards to which art museum staff should adhere in the face of difficult social situations surrounding art museums, and various problems and issues they face. It was adopted at the General Meeting of the Japanese Council of Art Museums in May 2017, after five years of review by its Art Museum Management System Study Group. (Japanese)