SDG 11.4: Protect the Worlds Cultural and Natural Heritage

“For museum managers a day to day health and safety concern is the assessment and management of risks relating to visitors and their interaction with the museum’s building, events and activities. The prevalence of dealing with related matters means that they become part of the management routine...

“The following Guidelines were developed over a three-year period of collaboration between Native and non-Native museum professionals, cultural leaders, and artists. The Guidelines are intended as a resource for museums and communities planning and carrying out collaborative work. These documents do...

“Post-disaster recovery processes are often centrally planned and implemented, and they sometimes follow a top-down approach that does not engage affected communities in their own recovery process. Given that post-disaster contexts are particularly difficult environments that can cause large-scale...

“These Guidelines are a practical aid for all German museums on the care of collections from colonial contexts. They additionally provide an information base for international professional colleagues, political decision makers, as well as representatives of post-colonial initiatives and diaspora...

“The process of selecting solid-state lighting (SSL) products for museums can be an intimidating experience. But by following four reasonable steps that process can be simplified into an organized search of discovery that will be enriching and hopefully enjoyable.

In Section 1, this document...

“The Guidelines on the effective implementation on the right to participate in public affairs provide directions for States on how to ensure participation. The Guidelines include recommendations on different dimensions of the right to participate, for example on participation in electoral processes...

“The guidelines are… intended to promote responsible collecting of threatened species by researchers. These guidelines do not address the specific issue of taking live individuals… from the wild for maintenance in ex-situ collections.” (p.2)

This open access, easy-to-use online platform allows users explore thematically, chronologically, and geographically art history worldwide using MET collections.

“The report provides a deep dive into AHRC’s portfolio of nearly 100 heritage-based Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and Newton Fund projects, providing analysis of how heritage research has, through a range of approaches and through increasing collaboration between researchers across high and...

“Most European Union (EU) Member States have institutions whose task is to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and its victims. Many of these institutions offer educational programmes that extend beyond the Holocaust itself and allow visiting groups, particularly young people, to reflect on...

“What is the Human Rights Guide to the SDGs?

This Guide illustrates the human rights anchorage of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by making concrete links between the 169 targets and the relevant range of:

• International and regional human rights instruments
• International labour standards
• Ke...

“The following guidelines elaborate upon the principles of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums concerning the deaccessioning and disposition of objects from museum collections. The guidelines consider deaccessioning within the context of acquisition and accessioning and are intended to assist in the...