Tuesday, January 16 2024 13:33

ArmInfo.The Government of Armenia intends to legally regulate the activities of museums. At the  plenary meeting on January 16, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia approved in the first reading the draft law "On Museums" and amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses.

As Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the  Republic of Armenia Alfred Kocharyan noted in his speech, the  adoption of the package will ensure coordinated activities for the  preservation and protection of cultural heritage. In order to develop  a draft law, the ministry studied legislative acts regulating the  museum sphere of a number of countries that differ in the level of  development of museum affairs - Canada, USA, Great Britain, France,  Germany, Latvia, Japan, as well as legislation regulating museum work  in the CIS countries.

The bill also applies the Code of Professional Conduct for Museum  Workers, adopted by the International Council of Museums, operating  within the framework of UNESCO. The bill regulates issues related to  the creation of museums, regardless of their form of ownership, and  their management. The document, in particular, defines and specifies  the goals and principles of creating museums, and clearly defines the  basic concepts. The presented project regulates not only relations  with the state museum collection, but also with private museums.

The bill regulates the principles of transfer of non-state cultural  property to state museums of the Republic of Armenia for temporary  storage, replenishment of museum funds with museum objects, their  accounting and propaganda. The accreditation procedure and status of  museums have been clarified. The adoption of the initiative will  ensure the development of new economic mechanisms in the field of  culture, as well as the regulation of relations arising between legal  entities and individuals.