Published in 2022, the volume ” Museum – from the Cabinet of Curiosities to Institutionalization. The Evolution of Legislative and Administrative Regulations in the Museum Field” by Alis Vasile is the only specialized work that offers an exhaustive retrospective of Romanian legislation regarding movable cultural heritage and museum organizations.
With an introductory chapter that puts the emergence and evolution of regulations in the field into a historical perspective, at an international level, in connection with the phenomenon of collecting and the creation of museums, the work also presents a comparison between the administrative-normative systems in force, at the time of the research, in Romania, Italy, France, Great Britain, and Germany.
The final part of the book includes practical and theoretical observations on current Romanian legislation and formulates proposals for its amendment.
The author, Alis Vasile, Ph. D., is a Romanian professional in the protection of cultural heritage field, a museographer, conservator, and legal adviser, with over 20 years of experience in the cultural sector.
” Museum – from the Cabinet of Curiosities to Institutionalization. The Evolution of Legislative and Administrative Regulations in the Museum Field” is available, in Romanian, for online purchase.