2010
Shanghai, China
7-12 November 2010
Twenty-second General Conference
Theme: Museums for social harmony
2007
Vienna,
Austria
19-24
August 2007
Twenty-first General Conference
Theme: Museums and Universal Heritage
2004
Seoul, Korea
2-8 October 2004
Twentieth General Conference
Theme: Museums
and Intangible Heritage
2001
Barcelona,
Spain
1-6 July 2001
Nineteenth General Conference
Theme:
Managing
Change: museums facing economic and social challenges
1998
Melbourne, Australia
9-16 October 1998
Eighteenth General Conference
Theme:
Museums and cultural diversity: ancient cultures, new
worlds
1995
Stavanger, Norway
2-7 July 1995
Seventeenth General Conference
Theme:
Museum and communities
1992
Québec, Canada
19 September-26 September 1992
Sixteenth General Conference
Theme:
Museums: re-thinking the boundaries?
1989
The Hague, Netherlands
27 August-6 September 1989
Fifteenth General Conference
Theme:
Museums: generators of culture
1986
Buenos Aires, Argentina
26 October-4 November 1986
Fourteenth General Conference
Theme:
Museums and the future of our heritage: emergency call
1983
London, England
24 July-2 August 1983
Thirteenth General Conference
Theme:
Museums for a developing world
1980
Mexico City, Mexico
25 October-4 November 1980
Twelfth General Conference
Theme:
The world's heritage - the museum's responsibilities
1977
Moscow, USSR
23-29 May 1977
Eleventh General Conference
Theme:
Museums and cultural exchanges
1974
Copenhagen, Denmark
3-14 June 1974
Tenth General Conference
Theme:
The museum and the modern world
1971
Paris, Grenoble, France
29 August-10 September 1971
Ninth General Conference
Theme:
The museum in the service of man, today and tomorrow:
the museum's educational and cultural role
1968
Cologne, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
27 July-9 August 1968
Eighth General Conference
Theme:
Museum and research
1965
New York, U.S.A
22 September-3 October 1965
Seventh General Conference
Theme:
Training of museum personnel
1962
The Hague, Netherlands
4-11 July 1962
Sixth General Conference
Theme:
Precautions against theft of art works; conservation
of cultural property; the role of history and folklore museums
in a changing world; observations on the museum profession;
the objectives of the museum: research centres or exhibition
hall?; the educational role of museums
1959
Stockholm, Sweden
1-8 July 1959
Fifth General Conference
Theme:
Museums as mirrors: their potentialities and limitations
1956
Basle, Zurich, Geneva, Switzerland
2-9 July 1956
Fourth General Conference
Theme:
The museum in our time; the natural history museum in
the modern world; the problem of history museums in our
times; the planning and organization of the modern technical
museum; Babel's Tower
1953
Genoa, Milan and Bergamo, Italy
6-12 July 1953
Third General Conference
Theme:
Problems of museums located outside; problems of museums
in undeveloped areas; the architecture of museums and museums
in modern town-planning
1950
London, England
17-22 July 1950
Second General Biennial Conference
Theme:
Exchange of collections and conservation personnel; inventory
of scientific instruments; museums and education; problems
of professionnal training
1948
Paris, France
June 28-July 3 1948
First General Biennial Conference
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