International Museums Office

International Museums Office, Office International des Musées
Founded: 1926
Sources: HB 1931, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Managing Board nominated every 5 years by the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. (HB 1931) Un Comité de direction, nommé tous les deux ans par la Commission internationale de coopération intellectuelle de la Société des Nations. (HB 1936) A Directors' Committee nominated every two years by the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. (HB 1938)

• D. Baud-Bovy Member 1931-1936
• Henri Bonnet Member 1931-1936 / Member 1937
• Laurence Vail Coleman Member 1931-1936
• S. de Madariaga Chairman (President) 1937
• Jules Destrée President 1931-1936
• Richard Dupierreux Member 1931-1936
• E. B. Foundoukidis General Secretary (Secretary General) 1931-1936 / General Secretary (Secretary General) 1937
• R. Graul Member 1931-1935
• Jean Guiffrey Member 1931-1936
• Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith Member 1931-1936
• Sir Eric MacLagan Member 1937
• Francesco Pellati Member 1931-1936 / Member 1937
• F. J. Sanchez y Canton Member 1931-1936 / Member 1937
• Dr. F. Schmidt-Degener Member 1937
• Prof. Alfred Stix Member 1937
• Eisaburo Sugi Member 1937
• Henri Verne Member 1937
• Herbert E. Winlock Member 1937

Seats

• 2, Rue de Montpensier: Paris: France
  Institut international de coopération intellectuelle

Object

Systematic organisation of museums of art, achaeology, history and popular arts. (HB 1931) Aider les gouvernements et administrations nationales dans l'organisation rationnelle et le développement de leurs collections publiques (musées et monuments d'art et d'histoire, d'archéologie, d'ethnographie et d'art populaire), en établissant des instruments de travail au profit des conservateurs de musées, des historiens d'art et du public; en étudiant, au moyen de réunions internationales d'experts, des questions législatives, administratives et techniques pour la protection et la conservation du patrimoine artistique et tous les problèmes artistiques et archéologiques pour lesquels s'impose une coordination internationale. (HB 1936) To assist Governments and national administrations in the systematic organisation and development of their public collections (museums and monuments of art and history, archaeology, ethnography and popular art) by establishing working instruments for the benefit of conservators of museums, historians of art and the public; by studying, by means of international meetings of experts, legislative, administrative and technical questions for the protection and preservation of artistic treasures and all artistic and archaeological problems calling for international co-ordination. (HB 1938)

Finances

Special item in the budget of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation. Chapitre spécial dans le budget de l'Institut international de Coopération intellectuelle. Dépenses annuelles approximatives : 500.000 francs français. Special item in the budget of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation. Approximate armnal expenditure 500,000 French francs. (HB 1938)

Publications

"Mouscion" (quarterly review); "Répertoire international des Musées" (museums directory). Up to the present directories have been published for the Netherlands, Poland and France. Similar volumes are in preparation for Greece, Roumania, Austria and Italy. The Office publishes special monographs from time to time. (HB 1931) Les publications de l'Office se divisent en publications périodiques, en monographies scientifiques et en ouvrages de documentation. Parmi les premières, Mouseion, revue trimestrielle dont la collection comprend 32 volumes à l'heure actuelle; Informations mensuelles de l'Office international des Musées, supplément mensuel de la revue Mouseion, dans lequel sont donnés les faits les plus marquants de la vie des musées et l'activité des administrations nationales des antiquités et beaux-arts. Les monographies scientifiques et ouvrages de documentation comportent «Les Dossiers de l'Office international des Musées », le « Répertoire international des Musées », des « Traités et Manuels » à l'usage des spécialistes et des administrations, tels qu'un traité de muséographie générale, un manuel de la conservation des peintures, un traité de la conservation des monuments d'art et d'histoire, etc. Recueils de textes législatifs et administratifs, des accords internationaux dans le domaine artistique et archéologique, etc. (HB 1936) The publications of the Office are divided into periodical publications, scientific monographs and documentary works. The first group includes Mouseion, a quarterly review, which now comprises a total of 32 volumes; Informations mensuelles de V Office international des Musees, a monthly supplement of the review Mouseion, which records outstanding features in the life of museums and the activities of the national departments for antiquities and fine arts. The scientific monographs and documentary works include "Les Dossiers de 1J Office international des Musees " the "Repertoire international des Musees " (Museums Directory), "TraitAs et Manuels" for the use of experts and administrations —e.g., a treatise on general museography, a handbook on the preservation of paintings, a trea.tise on the conservation of artistic and historical monuments, etc. Collections of legislative and administrative texts, international agreements on artistic and archaeological matters, etc. (HB 1938)

Activities

Annual meetings and periodical conferences of experts. (HB 1931) Les activités de l'Office international des Musées peuvent être ramenées à quatre grandes divisions principales : études administratives et techniques ; travaux techniques; accords internationaux; travaux de documentation. Réunions annuelles et conférences périodiques d'experts pour l'exécution du programme indiqué ci-dessus. (HB 1936) The activities of the International Museums Office may be described under four main heads: administrative and technical studies, technical work, international agreements, documentation. Annual meetings and periodical conferences of experts for the execution of the above-mentioned programme. (HB 1938)