{"id":3255,"date":"2022-08-31T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2022-09-06T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:21:04","slug":"ny-safnaskilgreining-samthykkt-a-alheimsthingi-icom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/frettir\/2022\/08\/ny-safnaskilgreining-samthykkt-a-alheimsthingi-icom\/","title":{"rendered":"New museum definition approved at ICOM World Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new museum definition was approved at the World Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/icom.museum\/en\/\">ICOM<\/a> which was held in Prague, Czech Republic, 20 \u2013 28 August with a standing ovation from the participants after a several-year approval process that involved all ICOM subdivisions.<\/p>\n<p>The new definition is as follows:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&quot;A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage. Open to the public, accessible and inclusive, museums foster diversity and sustainability. They operate and communicate ethically, professionally and with the participation of communities, offering varied experiences for education, enjoyment, reflection and knowledge sharing.&quot;<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icom.is\/\">Icelandic Chapter ICOM<\/a> is currently working on an Icelandic translation of the definition and it is expected to be ready in the coming months.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new definition of a museum was adopted at the ICOM World Congress held in Prague, Czech Republic, 20-28 August, with a standing ovation from the participants after a several-year approval process that involved all ICOM divisions. The new definition is as follows: \u201cA museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets \u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oflokkad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3258,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3255\/revisions\/3258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}