Director General, ICOM

Peter Keller has been appointed Director General of the International Council of Museums (ICOM),
effective 1 February, 2017.

Peter Keller studied art history in Vienna, Bonn and Cologne as well as museology in Paris. For three years, he worked at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin before joining the Dommuseum Salzburg. In addition to his role of Treasurer at ICOM, Keller has also served as Chair and Secretary of the organisation’s International Committee for Historic House Museums (DEMHIST) and as a board member of the Austrian National Committee. In Austria he was also a member of the jury for museum accreditation and of the national advisory council for museums. As ICOM Director General, Peter Keller will focus on enhancing the organisation of the head office, and on improving communication both internally with the National and International Committees and externally with ICOM’s various partners. He will work to strengthen ICOM’s network, intensify its publication, programme and capacity-building efforts, and reinforce the organisation’s presence to ensure members benefit from their affiliation. “ICOM is an association of museum professionals”, he underlines, “and the only global museum association.” As such, he intends to manage the association in accordance with the principles of transparency, efficiency and subsidiarity.

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