‘A space of negotiation’: Visitor Generated Content and Ethics at Tate

This article uses Tate as a case study through which to explore the ethical dimensions of museums’ and galleries’ efforts to create participatory digital encounters for visitors. To what extent, it asks, is a framework for a digital museum ethics beginning to emerge at Tate? Using data from a suite of interviews with the digital team at Tate, this article reveals an organization ready for considered engagement with the knottier extensions of the debate about museums’ digital practice in 2015, but a concern about how to ensure staff members have the skills and confidence to lead and take part in those discussions on the ground.

RESEARCH WORK IN THE FIELD OF THE RUSSIAN NOBLE COOKING OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY, RECONSTRUCTIONS OF DINNER PARTIES IN AN ESTATE

Last ten years attention to gastronomic tourism has grown up noticeably. This term came to us rather recently but has become usual and understandable for both Russian and foreigner tourist. Without abandoning traditional working with visitors, today museums are interested in realizing of new partner projects aimed to creation of the past century atmosphere. The Museum-Reserve «The Estate «Muranovo» already some years works on the study of economic papers belonged to an owner of the Muranovo estate Leo Engelgardt. This artifact is studied in comparison with culinary rules are known in Russia from the beginning of the XIX century. Special attention is paid to the «New Full Cookbook» published in 1808. Basing on this archival and stock material we form touristic product – «Dinner party in an estate». As a result of a reconstruction of dinner menu of a landlord living here at the turn of XVIII–XIX centuries lively atmosphere is created in estate. Thereby visitors can touch the cultural and historical treasures of ages gone by. Science workers, developing and introducing this kind of programs to the daily work, select associate partners are ready to realize requirements of museum ethics. Creation of authentic cultural product is the main task of new museum projects in a field of the gastronomic tourism. This is a vivid example of organization of tourist services programs based on intangible cultural heritage, which has come down to us through the centuries.

Aspects Related to the Implementation of Ethical Principles in Museums

Significant changes in museum studies - up to the commercialization - show that the basic remits of amuseum should be permanently reflected and modified in accordance with the ICOM Code of Ethics. Museum Ethics was discussed in the USA already in the 1920s. The latest results of the “Ethics Working Group” for museums of natural science at the International Council of Museums (ICOM NATHIST) showed the necessity to create general binding principles for museums of any typology. One of the most important aims of museums worldwide is to getthe cultural und natural heritage over to people of all groups of our society. “Art and Commerce” as well as ethically positive examples of museum conceptions will be explained on examples.