Common use of Museum Clause in Contracts

Museum. An institution that “acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity” (Desvalées and Mairesse 2010). This definition is presented in the widely used publication Key Concepts of Museology created by the International Council of Museums—ICOM (Desvalées and Mairesse 2010). The current definition is considered as more suitable for the purpose of this study rather than the alternative definition proposed by ICOM’S Executive Committee in 2019 for international members to vote on. The alternative definition proposed is still facing long and heated discussions without hopes for agreement in the near future. The 2010 definition is still relevant to collecting such as the ones long established in the Dominican Republic.