Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)
Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM)
CAM is a Commonwealth professional association and an international non-profit NGO working towards the betterment of museums and their societies in the Commonwealth family of nations and globally.
It is concerned with the major issues and problems of the contemporary world. CAM wishes to work from the museum perspective, within the Commonwealth framework, and with Commonwealth governments and the people of our member states through their museums and Non-Governmental Organizations, to achieve our common goals. We welcome collaboration with others outside the Commonwealth.
Major Objectives:
Global Community: fostering and strengthening links between museums and members of the museum profession in the Commonwealth and between museums and their communities
Professional Excellence: promoting a high standard of museum activity in the Commonwealth
Professional Learning: encouraging life-long learning and assist professional development and training through distance learning course, workshops, seminars
Communication: facilitating the dissemination of knowledge and information on all professional matters
Collaboration: working in collaboration with other international and national museum organizations and other agencies in the achievement of these goals
Contact:
The Commonwealth Association of Museums
Lois Irvine, Secretary General
R.R. #1
De Winton, Alberta
T0L 0X0
Canada
Tel: (+1)-403-938-3190
Fax: (+1)-403-938-3190
Email: irvinel@fclc.com
Website: www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/
