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Eligibility

ICOM membership is open to museums and galleries, their staff and volunteers, museum sector providers, museum retirees and post-graduate students undertaking museum related study.

Individuals and organisations who deal in cultural or heritage objects for profit are not eligible for membership.

Benefits

Reasons to join (394kB)

Code of ethics

Members of ICOM undertake to abide by the ICOM Code of ethics for museums . This code is a cornerstone of ICOM. It sets minimum standards of professional practice and performance for museums and their staff.

Membership rates (2012)

Membership is for a calendar year commencing 1 Jan. Payments received after 30 Sep will cover the succeeding year.

Individual members	Regular museum professional	AUD $ 140
	Retired museum professional	AUD $ 65
Institutional members	1. (budget < $50k)	AUD $ 425
	2. (budget $50k-$160k)	AUD $ 525
	3. (budget $160k-$1.6m)	AUD $ 750
	4. (budget $1.6m-$8m)	AUD $1100
	5. (budget $8m-$16m)	AUD $1300
	6. (budget > $16m)	AUD $1600
Student members (non-voting)	Postgraduate students (related to museum studies)	AUD $ 55

Supporting members
(non-voting)

Supporting individual
Supporting institution
(have an interest in museums
and international cooperation)

Price on
application

GST does not apply.

Discount for Museums Australia members

Museum Australia individual members receive 5% discount on ICOM Australia individual membership.

Credit card surcharge

Credit card payments attract a surcharge of $3. This is to help offset the fees charged by credit card providers.

Currency

Payments are only acceptable in Australian Dollars.

Apply

Applications for new memberships can be completed on-line or manually submitted. For existing member renewals click here.

On-line application

On-line applications for new memberships can be made by selecting a link below. Once approved you will be invoiced and an on-line or manual payment can be made.

Individual Institutional Postgraduate student