CIMAM

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Individual

CIMAM membership card allowing free or reduced admissions to modern and contemporary member institutions all over the world
voting rights
reduced member rates to attend the annual conference lectures and workshops, private curatorial tours, dinners and other events organized during and after de conference
access to CIMAM’s ‘Only for Members’ section containing CIMAM’s online membership directory connecting members worldwide
regular grant and career alerts
CIMAM’s monthly e-newsletter, with information on current issues, CIMAM activities and services, and updates on our members
free electronic publications

Institutional

Institutional members shall be museums or other institutions complying with the definition of a museum set out in Article 2, paragraph 1 of ICOM's Statutes, or organizations eligible to seek membership to ICOM

3 voting rights
3 individual memberships

In addition, Institutional members have the right to post exhibitions on CIMAM’s online searchable directory of touring exhibitions. The database, accessible at www.cimam.org, includes lists of available shows and their requirements, and is searchable by title, artist, curator, institution, floor space, dates of availability, and exhibition fee.

WHAT DOES IT COST?

CIMAM does not charge a membership fee but levies an affiliation charge that covers part of administrative costs as well as the production of newsletters, publications, conferences, special grants, working groups etc. The annual fee is at present 40€ per year, and is usually paid in three yearly installments of 120€. Members resident in countries with emerging and developing economies according to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Report, dated April 2010 pay 40% of the CIMAM's regular service fee, that is 16€ per year, usually paid in three yearly installments of 48€. In addition CIMAM has a number of Patron Members who help cover these costs, and actively fund raises from charities and trusts. In cases where members are unable to pay the affiliation charge, payment may be waived at the discretion of the Board.

CIMAM also offers Institutional Membership at a cost of 345€ to cover three years.

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

This can appear difficult, but if you follow the steps set out below, everything should work. For any question, please contact our office.

First you should become a member of ICOM. You can do this by approaching your National Committee for details and an application form. If you do not know who the Secretary of your National Committee is, you can find out by contacting Tito Chan, Membership Service Officer at ICOM's Head Office in Paris; email: Tito.CHAN@icom.museum.

If you do not have a national committee of ICOM you can join ICOM through the Paris Head Office.

If you live in the USA you should contact the Head Office of the AAM (American Association of Museums) for details and forms for ICOM membership. It is possible to be a joint AAM/ICOM member.

When you receive your application form to become a member of ICOM you will be asked in which International Committees of ICOM you wish to become either a voting or non-voting member. At present you may be a Voting Member of only one International Committee. If you want to be an active member of CIMAM you should specify that you wish to become a Voting Member of CIMAM. (If you become a Non-Voting Member you will still receive CIMAM’s monthly e-newsletter, with information on current issues, CIMAM activities and services, and updates on members). The Paris Head Office will then forward your application to the Secretary/Treasurer and Board of CIMAM for consideration. CIMAM will then contact you if you are accepted as a member of it.

If you are already a member of ICOM and are not sure whether you are a Voting Member of CIMAM you should contact the ICOM Head Office stating that you wish to be a Voting Member of CIMAM, and send a copy also to the Secretary/Treasurer of CIMAM.

If for any reason you are not eligible to become a member of ICOM, all is not lost. If you are an independent or freelance curator you may be eligible to become a co-opted member of CIMAM without having ICOM Membership. Any further enquiries or an application for Co-opted Membership should be addressed directly to Pilar Cortada, Executive Director of CIMAM, at pilarcortada@cimam.org. Of course, you are also welcome to contact any Board Member to find out more about CIMAM.

Your museum or gallery can be an Institutional Member of CIMAM which provides the Director and two members of the curatorial staff voting rights and the benefits of individual membership. The Board of CIMAM is keen to encourage this category of membership as it promotes a continuity of contact between CIMAM and institutions. Technically Institutional Members of CIMAM should also be Institutional Members of ICOM but this is proving to be too onerous a burden for some. The Board is currently looking at ways in which institutional affiliation to CIMAM can be promoted without excluding potential new members.