1. The Italian museum scene “Pro Spectatore” Bologna 25-27 March 2004 Margherita Sani - IBC

2. Factors for orientating onesef

3. 1. Definition of “museum”

4. Definition of “museum” Italy and the UK

5. Is a definition important?

6. 2. Norms and rules

7. 2. Italy: Norms and rules

8. The Italian anomaly

9. The 1990’s

10. Changes in the legislative framework 1998-2004

11. Changes in the legislative framework 2001-2004

12. Does legislation really matter?

13. 3. The figures

14. Figures can be misleading...

15. “An open air museum”

16. The peculiarity of the Italian museum context

17. 4. The actors

18. 4. The main actors in Italy

20. 5. The existence of a museum policy

21. Museum policy in Italy

22. 6. Status and role of the profession

23. 7. Existence of an accreditation system

24. The accreditation system 2004

25. Further work...