International Conference on Museums to Be Held in Spain

July 2, 2001 - 0:0
MADRID An International Conference of Museums (ICOM) is to held in the capital city of Catalonia Province, Barcelona on Sunday. A nine member Iranian delegation in now in Spain to take part in the conference which is held every three years.

The visiting Iranian delegation is composed of curators of various museums affiliated to the Ministry of Energy, Janbazan and Mostazafan Foundation, Cultural Heritage Organization, Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone, Department of Environment (DOE), Tehran Municipality, and the national water treasury.

A member of the visiting delegation Mr. Karimi said, "An article is to be presented during the conference by Ms. Andami."

Karimi said that the aim of the conference is to brief the attendants on curatorial affairs, data exchange, as well as presenting more dynamic approaches in order to further expand museums.

He added that this is the first time Iran is attending the conference actively over the past 23 years.