International Movement for a New Museology
International Organization Affiliated with the International Council of Museums ICOM

Philosophy
Based broadly on a concern for social and cultural change, MINOM brings together individuals who are dedicated to active and interactive museology. 

Quebec Declaration – Basic Principles of a New Museology 1984

Introduction

A movement of new museology has its first and international public expression in 1972 at the "Round table of Santiago (Chile)" organized by ICOM. This movement claims the social function of the museum and its interventions` global character.

Proposal

 1. Consideration of universal order

In a contemporary world which attempts to integrate all means of development, Museology should strive to broaden its traditional attributions and 

Round Table Santiago do Chile ICOM, 1972

1 Basic principles of integral museum

Members of the Round Table on the Role of Museums in Today's Latin America, analyzing the leaders' accounts on the problems of the rural environment, of the urban environment, of scientific and technological development and of lifelong education, became aware of the importance of these problems for the future of Latin American society.

They agreed that solution of such problems depended on an understanding by the community of 

The renewal of MINOM 2008-2009-2010 en

From its foundation, in 1984, MINOM has endeavoured to keep up with the changes taking place in society, in Museology and in its own movement, with a view to promoting a kind of Museology that finds its founding basis on social and community values. It aims therefore at defining itself as a movement that encompasses all museological options (Sociomuseology, Community Museology, Ecomuseology, Social Museology, and so on), as long as they meet the principles that define its thought and action policy.

In October 2007, during its 12^th Workshop on New Museology, held in Lisbon, MINOM started a process of