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This work aims to explore how ICOM's definitions of museums reflect changing social responsibilities and governance in the cultural sector.

Defining the museum: ICOM, society, and the politics of institutional change

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This article examines ICOM's definitions of museums, revealing their role in shaping institutional governance and societal expectations.

This work aims to explore how ICOM's definitions of museums reflect changing social responsibilities and governance in the cultural sector.
Employed a diachronic discursive analysis of museum definitions from ICOM between 1946 and 2022.
Examined the evolution of conceptual terms such as public benefit, education, and inclusion over time.
Identified that ICOM definitions serve as governance tools highlighting the museum's social contract.
Showed the changing professional imaginaries within the museum sector through institutional definitions.

Asli Hetemoglu-Venedik (2026) studied this question.

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