Georgia: LEPL Adjara Museum is pleased to announce that it has become an institutional member of two global organizations: the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the European Museum Organization (NEMO).
ICOM – International Council of Museums was established in 1946 Paris (France). It is an international organization of museums and museum specialists dedicated to the preservation, development, and public cooperation of the world’s natural-cultural heritage. It has 45,493 members from more than 138 countries, 119 national and 32 international committees.
According to the rules, the goals and objectives of the organization are:
- Promotion of the development of museum activities in the world;
- Protecting cultural heritage and values and fighting against their illegal trade;
- Training of museum employees and raising professional standards;
- Assisting museums and their staff;
- Promotion of cooperation between museum institutions and specialists from different countries.
NEMO – The Union of European Museum Organizations was established in 1992 as an independent network of national museum organizations representing the museum society of the Council of Europe member countries.
Members of NEMO are more than 30,000 museums from 40 European countries. The vision of the organization is:
- Museums preserve the tangible and intangible evidence of the man-made and natural world for current and future generations; museum collections tell diverse histories and interpretations of past and present history; museums promote dialogue, encourage us to think, learn, and reflect;
- To celebrate differences and discover commonality, Museums support the development of cultural factors;
- They encourage memory and identity and stimulate creativity, diversity, and knowledge; museums are critical to building today’s society.
LEPL Adjara Museum
By the decision of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, on May 3, 2018, the LEPL Adjara Museum was established, which is the union of four museums and three filial branches:
Unification implies a new content-conceptual understanding of the museum and the transformation of its activities to modern standards.
- Khariton Akhvlediani Museum;
- Art Museum;
- Archaeological Museum;
- Nobel Brothers Technological Museum;
- Ilia Chavchavadze Museum;
- Memed Abashidze Museum;
- Religion Museum.
