INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM STANDARDS – BSI, CEN
April 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE
THE BRITISH museum sector is working with its European counterparts to produce a series of internationally recognised standards to govern the way they work, exhibit and look after their collections.
This move towards harmonisation follows the recent increase in the number of European Union member states and the significant rise in cultural exchanges between museums following this expansion.
The project, called the Conservation of Cultural Property, has been established under the auspices of CEN, the Brussels-based European Centre for Standardisation ...
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