Open AccessESTABLISHMENT OF ICOM NATIONAL COMMITTEE POLAND AND THE ROLE IT PLAYED IN 1947–1958
Author(s) -
Dorota Folga-Januszewska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
muzealnictwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2391-4815
pISSN - 0464-1086
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.0562
Subject(s) - documentation , round table , politics , value (mathematics) , political science , library science , history , public administration , law , business , session (web analytics) , machine learning , advertising , computer science , programming language
International Committee Poland (PKN) of theInternational Council of Museums (ICOM) was founded in1947 as a result of Poland having joined the United Nations,and subsequently the International Council on Monumentsand Sites (UNESCO). Throughout the 72 years of its activity,ICOM Poland (PKN ICOM) has transformed from a smallsizedgroup of museum directors and experts (21 individualsin 1947) into a team of professionals amounting to over300 individuals (either professionally active or retired). Theircontribution to shaping Polish museology will likely becomethe topic of an extensive monograph.In 1947-2018, ICOM Poland was presided by 8 individuals(see Table 1.); their operation mode was specified bysubsequent ICOM Statues, modified by the GeneralAssembly, as well as the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums.It is the first decade of the ICOM Poland operationsthat is discussed in the paper; the names of the illustriousmuseologists of that period are given; they were the oneswho in 1947-58 worked out the principles of cooperation,and despite the challenging political situation, were ableto gradually introduce the rules of creating museums andof managing them as institutions of heritage protectionand active learning, open to a broad exchange of ideasand international cooperation; furthermore, they workedout the assumptions and models for museum exhibits’conservation and documentation.