Advisory Board

International Advisory Board

  • Professor Corazon S. Alvina, Former Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
  • Ms. Alissandra Cummins, Immediate Past President of ICOM; Director, Barbados Museums and Historical Society, Barbados.
  • Dr. Ann Davis, Director, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Dr. Shahid Vawda, School of Social Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Ms. Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, Principal Cultural Development Officer, Department of Culture and Heritage, Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Suva, Fiji Islands.
  • Professor Laishun An, China Friendship Museum, Beijing; Secretary General ICOM 2010, Shanghai.
  • Mlle Christine Hemmet, Responsable de l’unité patrimoniale des collections Asie, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France.
  • Professor Henry C. (Jatti) Bredekamp, Former Chief Executive Officer, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Dr. Lina G. Tahan, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
  • Lcda Lucía Astudillo Loor, Directora, Museo de los Metales, Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Professor Pascal Makambila, Conservateur en chef des musées, Brazzaville, Congo.
  • Professor Dr. Bill Cope, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
  • Professor Dr. Tereza C. Moletta Scheiner, Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vice President, ICOM Executive Council.
  • Professor W. Richard West, Jr., Director, Founding Director Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.

Chairperson of the Advisory Board

  • Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla, Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Hyderabad & Sydney; Chairperson, ICOM Cross Cultural Task Force, Paris, France.

Assisting the Chairperson:

  • Ms. France Desmarais, Director of Programmes, International Council of Museums (ICOM), Paris, France

Ex Officio

  • Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz, President of the International Council of Museums, Deputy Director, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin and Deputy Minister of Culture for Berlin, 2000-2001.
  • Dr. Knut Wik, Chairperson, ICOM Advisory Committee; Adviser/museum coordinator, Department of Regional Development, County Authority of Sor-Trondelag, Norway.
  • Mr. Julien Anfruns, Director General, International Council of Museums and President of the International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS) which promotes the protection of cultural heritage as defined in The Hague Convention.
  • Mrs. Allison Callender, President, ICOM Barbados & Curator, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Bridgetown.