Guidelines for new registrations
It takes approximately six weeks to receive your ICOM card, due to administrative procedures at the head office in Paris. Please take this into account when registering. Every year in December, a new annual stamp for the card will be sent by post. The membership fee will then be automatically debited from your account.
Important: applications before 1 October will be registered as membership for the current year and the full annual fee will be charged. Applications after 1 October will be registered as membership for the following year. Your membership and ICOM card will be valid from 1 January.
Select the type of membership that applies to you below.
1. Individual Membership: you are professionally affiliated with a museum.
Annual fee: €92.50.
Voting rights: as an Individual Member, you have voting rights at the General Assembly ('Algemene Ledenvergadering') and you can sit on the board.
You are employed by a museum that is affiliated with the Dutch Museum Association.
Submit your application using this form.
2. Individual membership: you work for an organisation that is hired by museums to support their work.
Annual fee: €92.50.
Voting rights: as an individual member, you have voting rights at the General Assembly ('Algemene Ledenvergadering') and you can sit on the board.
We ask for your own explanation and a recommendation from a museum you work with to demonstrate that, in their opinion, you make a significant contribution to the development of the museum sector, spend a considerable amount of time on museum-related work and that your membership will contribute to the quality of the ICOM network. You can upload your explanation and recommendation in the application form (Word, PDF).
Submit your application using this form.
3. Individual membership: you are self-employed and primarily provide services or expertise to the museum sector.
Annual fee: €92.50.
Voting rights: as an individual member, you have voting rights at the General Assembly ('Algemene Ledenvergadering') and can sit on the board.
We ask for your own explanation and a recommendation from a museum with which you collaborate, to demonstrate that, in their opinion, you make a significant contribution to the development of the museum sector, spend a considerable amount of time on museum-related work and that your membership will contribute to the quality of the ICOM network. You can upload your explanation and recommendation in the application form (Word, PDF).
Submit your application using this form.
4. Individual membership: you work for an organisation that does not work for museums, but whose work is museum-related.
Annual fee: €92.50
Voting rights: as an individual member, you have voting rights at the General Assembly ('Algemene Ledenvergadering') and you can sit on the board.
We ask for your own explanation or a recommendation from a museum to demonstrate that your work is mainly related to the museum sector. You can upload this document in the registration form.
Do you work for an organisation that supports museums in terms of policy or finance? Then you may be eligible for a Supportive Membership. In that case, we also ask you to upload your own explanation or a recommendation from a museum in the registration form.
Submit your application using this form.
Registration with ICOM Netherlands and ICOM International
ICOM Netherlands registers your (address) details for the annual payment of membership fees, sending your ICOM card and inviting you to Dutch activities such as the General Assembly ('Algemene Ledenvergadering'). Once your application has been approved, ICOM Netherlands will send you a login code (your membership number) and a password with which you can change your address details on this website.
Your membership and (address) details will also be registered in the ICOM International system: Member Space. ICOM International will send you a separate login code (your email address) and password by email for this purpose.