Welcome to CIDOC on the Web

CIDOC is the international focus for the documentation interests of museums and related organisations. It has more than 450 members in 60 countries.

CIDOC was established in 1950 as one of the (currently 30) international committees of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and is dedicated to the documentation of museum collections.

The committee provides curators, librarians and information specialists interested in documentation, registration, collections management and computerisation with the opportunity to collaborate. CIDOC has produced several international standards for museum documentation, most recently the CIDOC-CRM (accepted as ISO 21127 in September 2006).

It publishes a newsletter and holds an annual international conference devoted to museum documentation issues. CIDOC's core activities are carried out by its working groups.

To participate in the work of CIDOC, see the membership page. For additional information, please contact: