Dear colleagues,
ICOM is proud to announce the online publication of its first issue of Museum International, an academic journal that promotes the exchange of information about museums and cultural heritage on an international level. In collaboration with Wiley-Blackwell, ICOM now holds exclusive responsibility for the editorial policy and content of the journal. Currently, ICOM members benefit from free online access to the Museum International archives by following the link to the Wiley Online Library on the Museum International page of ICOMMUNITY.
The first three issues of the print version of Museum International will be provided to ICOM Committees free of charge, allowing you to promote the journal’s content within your networks and to encourage your members to subscribe.This first issue focuses on the theme Achievements and Challenges in the Brazilian Museum Landscape. It includes 11 articles that explore Brazilian museums from a range of different disciplines and perspectives.
ICOM intends to continue the journal’s tradition of fostering interdisciplinary research and encouraging best practices for the safeguarding and protection of cultural heritage, making some selected changes to the journal’s editorial policy. Initially, ICOM will publish the journal exclusively in English, and a Chinese version will be published through a partnership with Yilin Press. In a second phase, ICOM would welcome new partners to produce editions in other languages.
ICOM’s second issue of the journal will be dedicated to the International Museum Day theme of 2014, Museum collections make connections, with COMCOL Chair Léontine Meijer-Van Mensch as its Editor in Chief. It is set to be published early next year. After the completion of these first two transitional issues, the permanent Editorial Board will be in place for all subsequent issues, with Prof. Dr Tereza Scheiner as Editor in Chief and Aedín Mac Devitt as Managing Editor.
Enjoy your reading!
ICOM General Secretariat