The challenges and needs of museums in safeguarding underwater cultural heritage

Hyojung Cho

doi:10.1080/09647775.2014.957480

The challenges and needs of museums in safeguarding underwater cultural heritage

Hyojung Cho

Museum Science

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Abstract

Underwater cultural heritage is an old subject, yet there are still many challenges for museums in conducting best practices for dealing with collections from underwater. Museums in the United States (US) face difficulties due to conflicts between national policies and the ethics recommended by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council of Museums. To raise awareness of this critical issue in the US museum community, this research reviews the impacts of the related national policies, as well as the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, identifies the hardships for the museums, and recommends the role of service organizations to provide future direction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-444
Number of pages	16
Journal	Museum Management and Curatorship
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2014.957480
State	Published - Oct 20 2014

Keywords

Abandoned Shipwreck Act
collections conservation
cultural resource management
marine archaeology
museum ethics
underwater cultural heritage

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