International Council of Museums

Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu conveyed on Monday a message occasioned by the International Museum Day, in which he underscored that the challenges of this period will be overcome together and extends the invitation to visit the museum institutions which will open these days.

Young girls get elaborate hairdos based on ancient Greek styles during International Museum Day at the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in southern Greece on Saturday.

Visitors packed the halls of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, as well as other sites and museums across the country on Friday, taking advantage of the offer of free admission on International Museum Day. International Museum Day was established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to promote the idea of museums as an important means of cultural exchange.

The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has translated the emergency red list of Iraqi Cultural Objects into Turkish. 

The list, prepared by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 2015, is being distributed to Turkish security units, collectors, customs and museums. 

The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has sent an Emergency Red List to all museums, collectors and customs gates to prevent the perception that historical artifacts that have been stolen from Syria are being smuggled via Turkey.

The Baks? Museum, which was founded in 2010 at a location 45 kilometers away from the southeastern province of Bayburt?s Baks? village and brings together contemporary art and traditional handicrafts under the same roof, is preparing for the new tourism season. 

Museum experts from around the world on June 1 issued an ?emergency red list? to help authorities identify Iraqi antiquities at risk of being looted and illegally exported, as the country battles a surge in jihadist violence.

The Baks? Museum in the eastern Black Sea province of Bayburt?s Bayraktar (Baks?) village will celebrate its decennial with various events this year.

The founder of the museum, Professor Hüsamettin Koçan, said the most important feature of Baks? Museum was that it did not have limits.

Days in which museum entry is free