Museum

A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment." This definition is taken from the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Statutes, article 2, para. 1, and is regularly reviewed and modified at the triennial ICOM General Assemblies, most recently in Barcelona in 2001. The italicized tangible and intangible was substituted for the previous material at the triennial General Assembly in Seoul in 2004, pending ratification at the next General Assembly in 2007. (The new wording was introduced in the revised ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums, which is another of the museum profession's core normative instruments.)

See also

• List of museums
• List of notable museums and galleries
• List of transport museums
• Art museum
• Maritime museum
• Science museum
• Open air museum
• Virtual museum
• Wax museum