press kit - The International Council of Museums

Lebanon
Ethnographic Museum at the University of Balamand
Collective memory (May 18th 2011- 4:00p.m.)
Free entry, Visit, Performance, photos exhibition
The programme will start with the signing of several books that cover the national and regional heritage. A visit
of the Ethnographic museum and the exhibition of Photos taken by a local artist of Lebanese traditional houses
that were destroyed in Beirut. The visit will be followed by a concert with a local Soprano singing traditional
songs. A reception will follow where traditional food will be sampled.
Contact: Nadine Panayot Haroun (Director, Dept of Archaeology and Museology)
Phone: 961-6-930250 ext:1460
Fax: 961-6930278
Email: nadine.haroun@balamand.edu.lb
Address: Al Kurah, North, Lebanon
Website: http://www.balamand.edu.lb
Malaysia
Department of Museums
Museum and Memory (19 - 24 May, 2011)
Free entry, openings, conference, visit, performance, workshop, game, educational programme
Official launch of International Museum Day in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
An exhibition of objects on collective memory by several Malaysian museums.
A day seminar on Museum and Memory with local and international speakers.
A sport carnival involving more than 300 museum personnel from all the states in Malaysia. A golf tournament
for museums, notable personalities and the public.
A Muziumthon (jogathon) involving the community and museum staff.
Cultural performances, workshops and educational programmes for schools. Free admission for participating
museums on 18 May, 2011.
Contact: Janet S Mooi Tee (Director)
Phone: +60 12 3986321
Fax: +60 32 6953455
E-mail: jjantee@gmail.com
Address: Jalan Damansara – 50566 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website: www.jmm.gov.my
Mongolia
ICOM Mongolia
Memory and People (17 & 18 May, 2011)
Visits, performances, games, educational programmes.
ICOM Mongolia will distribute an activity programme to all museums as in previous years. Museums may add
their activities to this programme. Guests of ICOM Mongolia will intervene to transmit the documentary
memory of the museum collections. The museum staff will hold meetings for the public with live
interventions, which will be recorded and added the museum's collection.
Contact: Damdinsuren Tsedmaa
Telephone: +976-11-311320
Fax: +976-11-311320
E-mail: dtsedmaa@yahoo.com
Address: Central cultural bld-A – 320610 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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