Tickets Registration Categories

ICOM Member, Non-Member, Student

The registration fee includes: access to all sessions, Museum
Early Bird Advanced Onsite
（Ends 10 May） （Ends 31 August） （1– 7 September）
Fair and Expo Forum, opening ceremony and party, closing cere-
mony and party, lunch, social events, excursions, congress bag,
programme book, and 7-day Kyoto city bus and subway pass.

ICOM Member ¥ 43,000 ¥ 56,000 ¥ 68,000 ICOM Institutional Member

(Country 1 or 2) (€ 330) (€ 430) (€ 523)
If your museum is an ICOM Institutional Member, up to three
(3) representatives can be registered as ICOM members for
participation in the General Conference. Please contact your Na-
tional Committee if you need to change the names of designated
ICOM Member ¥ 31,000 ¥ 43,000 ¥ 56,000 representatives from your institution.
(Country 3 or 4) (€ 238) (€ 330) (€ 430)
Accompanying Person
Only one accompanying person may be registered per delegate.
Accompanying persons will have restricted access to the confer-
¥ 56,000 ¥ 68,000 ¥ 81,000
Non-Member ence. The registration fee includes the following: access to opening
(€ 430) (€ 523) (€ 623) party, closing party, Museum Fair and Expo Forum, lunch, social
events, excursions, and 7-day Kyoto city bus and subway pass.
*The following are not included with accompanying person registration:
Accompanying ¥ 31,000 ¥ 37,000 ¥ 43,000 access to any sessions, opening ceremony, closing ceremony, congress bag and
programme book.
Person (€ 238) (€ 284) (€ 330)
Student
Students must be enrolled in a university and provide a valid
¥ 31,000 ¥ 37,000 ¥ 43,000 student card or letter of enrollment in order to qualify for this
Student discount.
(€ 238) (€ 284) (€ 330)
*The student registration fee includes the following: access to all sessions,
Museum Fair and Expo Forum, opening ceremony and party, closing ceremony
and party, lunch, social events, excursions, congress bag, programme book, and
One Day Pass 7-day Kyoto city bus and subway pass.
¥ 10,000 ¥ 10,000 ¥ 12,000
2, 3, and 4 Sep.
(Up to 2 days)
(€ 76) (€ 76) (€ 92) Day Pass
Day passes are available only for 2, 3 and 4 September. Passes may
( Inc. 8% Tax ) be purchased for up to two (2) of these days.
*The day pass includes access to all events held on the selected day(s), including
Registration fees will be charged in Japanese Yen. The Euro amounts listed above
the following: sessions, Museum Fair and Expo Forum, opening ceremony and
are given for reference only, based on the exchange rate 1 Euro = JPY 131. party, lunch and social events. The congress bag and programme book are not
included.

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Osaka
About ICOM
Tokyo Haneda The International Council of Museums (ICOM), created in
Int. Airport ( HND ) 1946, is a worldwide organisation of museums and museum
Fukuoka
professionals. ICOM is committed to promoting and
Chubu Centrair protecting natural and cultural heritage, present and future,
Kansai Int. Airport ( KIX) Int. Airport ( NGO ) tangible and intangible. With 44,500 members representing
• Airport Express 75 min 138 countries and territories, the ICOM network is made up
• Shuttle Taxi 95min of museum professionals from a wide range of museum- and
• Limousine Bus 120min heritage-related disciplines. Museums as Cultural Hubs:
The Future of Tradition
25th ICOM General Conference
1– 7 September, 2019
Conference Organisers: ICOM, ICOM Japan, ICOM Kyoto 2019 Organising Committee, Japanese Association of Museums Co-organiser: Science Council of Japan
During the week of 1–7 September 2019, the city of Kyoto
will welcome some 3,000 participants to the ICOM General
Conference. This triennial gathering promises to inspire a range
of discussions and exchanges on museum-related issues.

Through sessions, excursions, workshops, and more, participants

will be able to engage with other museum professionals and
enthusiasts to broaden their experience and understanding of
museums around the world.

Invitation to ICOM Kyoto 2019

The ICOM General Conference, held every three years,
provides an important opportunity for ICOM members
from 138 countries and territories to share experiences and
future prospects and to advance expertise and leadership
in the field of cultural heritage and museums. In 2019,
this event will be hosted in a city famous for its cultural
traditions: Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto is one of Japan’s iconic cultural hubs, combining age
old traditions with a spirit of innovation. It is therefore an
ideal venue for considering the theme of this conference. By
participating in ICOM Kyoto 2019, we also hope you will be
able to get a better sense of museums in Kyoto and in Japan,
as well as of the communities they represent.

Suay Aksoy Johei Sasaki

ICOM President President of the ICOM Kyoto 2019
Organising Committee
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Keynote Speech
September
Monday 3
Keynote Speech
September
Tuesday

Kengo Kuma Architect Sebastião Salgado Photographer

Kengo Kuma, born in 1954, established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990, Sebastião Salgado, born in 1944, is a French-Brazilian photographer. He is
which today designs a wide variety of projects across the world including the currently working on a project photographing the Brazilian Amazon forest and
V&A Dundee. its indigenous inhabitants.

Plenary Session Plenary Session

Curating Sustainable Futures
With their worldwide networks, museums are ideally situated to support
environmental protection, social justice and equitable economic exchanges.
This session will explore innovative strategies with which museums can help
society meet unprecedented challenges.
Workshop
Museums and
Sustainable Development
Participants will contribute to a manifesto for museum
professionals on “Museums for the Future.” They will explore their
own museums’ “superpower” and contributions to sustainability,
as well as how their roles can support planetary wellbeing.
Panel
Decolonisation and Restitution
The aim of these two sessions is to enable participants to develop a
holistic view of decolonisation. The sessions will help participants
trace and map different ways of seeing and thinking around these
issues, providing new methods of creative problem solving and
innovative approaches to conflict resolution.
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ICOM Committee Conferences
ICOM National and International Committees, Regional Alliances,
and Affiliated Organisations gather for separate sessions.
25th ICOM General Conference
Opening Ceremony and Party
The Opening Party, held at the Kyoto International Conference
Center, will provide participants with networking opportunities
and a chance to enjoy Japanese traditional performing arts.
The Museum Definition:
The Backbone of ICOM
Over recent decades museums have changed to the point where the current
ICOM museum definition seems inadequate. In this plenum, ICOM will bring
©Yann Arthus-Bertrand
together experts from inside and outside its network to discuss visions and
possibilities for a new definition.
Workshop ICOM Committee Conferences
The Backbone of Museums?
Roundtables on a New Museum Definition Social Event at Nijo Castle
These sessions will explore the need for a new museum definition The World Heritage Site Nijo Castle will host a special dedicated
that is more in tune with today’s challenges and opportunities.
They will focus on how a new museum definition can strengthen,
event for ICOM Kyoto 2019 participants. ICOM participants will
have the opportunity to visit the Ninomaru-goten Palace (National
support and guide museums as they navigate the complex and often Treasure) and the Nijo-jo Castle Painting Gallery, as well as to view
conflicted societal challenges and responsibilities of the 21st century. a contemporary art event.
Open Forum for Resolutions
ICOM members will gather to draft resolutions on challenges that
the global museum community is facing today. These resolutions
will be submitted for vote at the General Assembly.

1 September
Sunday

234 , , September
ICOM Advisory Council Meeting
Museum Fair and Expo Forum
ICOM National and International The Museums Fair and Expo Forum is an international trade event
with hundreds of exhibitors and an audience of over 3,000 visitors
Committee Chair Meetings aimed to show new products and museum solutions.

Main Venue Satellite Venue

• Kyoto International • Kyoto Institute,
Conference Center Library and Archives
( ICC Kyoto)

Keynote Speech Social Event

Plenary Session Excursion
Workshop Meetings Restricted to Board Chair
Panel ICOM Members Only
Committee Conference
4 September
Wednesday

Keynote Speech
5 September
Thursday

Off-site Meetings of
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Excursions
September
Friday

Cai Guo-Qiang ICOM Committees Excursions are an ICOM General Conference tradition. For one
Artist
full day, participants will be invited to break into groups and
ICOM International Committees hold their own meetings explore the city and the prefecture of Kyoto as well as the greater
Cai Guo-Qiang works across multiple art mediums, including drawing, painting, or site visits outside the conference venue. Unless specified, Kansai region. More than 40 tours have been organized for ICOM
installation, and performance. Drawing upon Eastern philosophy and contemporary these meetings are limited to members of each International Kyoto participants.
issues as a conceptual basis, his artworks respond to culture and history. Committee.

Plenary Session Social Event in the Okazaki Area

This social event features a reception at the National Museum
Museums in Times of Disaster of Modern Art, Kyoto, as well as a live performance of Japanese
imperial court music, traditional craft demonstrations, and
This plenary session provides a forum to discuss the challenges and threats that Japanese sake!
museums face from natural and human-caused disasters, to share experiences, and to
explore opportunities for international cooperation and the exchange of knowledge.
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio

Plenary Session
Asian Art Museums & Collections around the World
ICOM Kyoto provides a unique opportunity to consider the significance of museums and collections of
Asian art, to explore how they might better connect to local and foreign audiences, and to ask how they
can benefit in the future from better networking among international colleagues.
7 September
Saturday

34th ICOM General Assembly

Panel Social Event in the Kitayama Area
Possibilities and Impossibilities of Kyoto Botanical Gardens will open
After the ICOM General Conference 25th ICOM General Conference
its doors to ICOM participants
Exhibiting Manga/Comics for night tours and a special Closing Ceremony and Party
The panel discussion aims to explore the idea of exhibiting manga
from various perspectives by comparing and discussing previous
exhibition. The Kyoto Institute,
Library and Archives will host
Post-Conference Tours at the Kyoto National Museum
manga exhibitions in the UK, South Korea, and Japan. a special public viewing of the About 10 post-conference tours have been curated especially for
Toji Hyakugo Archives (National ICOM Kyoto 2019 participants. Participants will have the chance
Treasure). to experience the culture, history and nature of Japan to enrich
Panel their stay after the ICOM Kyoto General Conference.
Museums and Local Development ICOM x PechaKucha Night Kyoto
This joint session by ICOM and OECD, Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development, brings together representatives Communities and Museums
of museums, local governments and international networks of at the Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives
local and regional governments in order to discuss various aspects
of the relationship between museums, communities and local Co-hosted by ICOM and PechaKucha Night Kyoto, PechaKucha
governments. Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people share
their ideas in a simple presentation format with 20 images, each
shown for 20 seconds.
ICOM Committee Conferences