Date of creation:
 1949, at the 4th session of the Executive Committee (Cf. ICOM News, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1950, p. 4)

Former name of the committee:
International Committee on Museum Techniques (No. 10) Listed in ICOM News, 1st of October 1948.

Date of the first meeting of ICAMT:
8-13 May 1950, Stockholm, Sweden
(Cf. ICOM News, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1950, p. 4-6, p. 19-21)
1977: Operational difficulties / Difficultés de fonctionnement, Publication of the Rules. Periodical: Brief, ICAMT newsletter, No. 1, 1985 – No. 27, 2008.

Board Members by years:

• 2022-2025

Chair:                   Ms. Nana Meparishvili, Union Georgian House, Tbilisi, Georgia
Co-chair:             Ms. Danusa Castro, Collezione Koelliker, Milan, Italy
Secretary:            Ms. Eeva Kyllönen, Finnish Forest Museum Lusto, Helsinki, Finand
Treasurer:           Ms. Alessandra Labade Rosso, EXPOMUS, SP, Brazil

• 2019-2022

Chair:                   Ms. Nana Meparishvili, Union Georgian House, Tbilisi, Georgia
Secretary:            Ms. Alessandra Labade Rosso, EXPOMUS, SP, Brazil
Treasurer:           Ms. Eeva Kyllönen, Espoo City Museum, Helsinki, Finand

• 2016-2019

Chair:                   Mr. Jean Hilgersom, ToornendPartners, Haarlem, Netherlands
Co-chair:             Mårten Janson, Stockholm, Sweden
Secretary:            Ms. Nana Meparishvili, Union Georgian House, Tbilisi, Georgia
Treasurer:           Mr. Charalampos Chaitas, Grand Egyptian Museum, Greece

•  2013-2016

Chair:                   Mr. Jean Hilgersom, ToornendPartners, Haarlem, Netherlands
Co-chair:             Mårten Janson, Stockholm, Sweden

•  2010-2013

Chair:                   Mr. Stephen Cannon-Brookes, London, United Kingdom
Secretary:           Mr. Stein Adler Bernhoft, Trøndelag Folkemuseum,  Norway
Treasurer:           Mr. Jean Hilgersom, ToornendPartners, Haarlem, Netherlands

•  2007-2010

Chair:                   Mr. Stephen Cannon-Brookes, London, United Kingdom
Secretary:           Mr. Jowa Imre Kis-Jovak, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Treasurer:           Mr. Han Meeter, Reinwardt Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

•  2004-2007

Chair:                   Ms. Diana Pardue, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York USA
Secretary:           Ms. Marja-Liisa Pohjanvirta, Finnish Museums Association, Finland
Treasurer:           Mr. Han Meeter, Reinwardt Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 2001-2004

Chair:                   Ms. Diana Pardue, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York USA
Secretary:           Ms. Marja-Liisa Pohjanvirta, Finnish Museums Association, Finland
Treasurer:           Ms. Toril Mugaas, Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Norway

•  1998-2001

Chair:                   Ms. Ersi Philippopoulou-Michailidou, Ministry of Culture, Greece
Secretary:           Mr. Jules Verschuuren, Brabantse Museumstichting, Netherlands
Treasurer:           Ms. Toril Mugaas, Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Norway

•  1995-1998

Chair:                   Ms. Ersi Philippopoulou-Michailidou, Ministry of Culture, Greece
Secretary:           Mr. Jules Verschuuren, Brabantse Museumstichting, Netherlands
Treasurer:           Ms. Diana Pardue, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York, USA

• 1992-1995

Chair:                   Mr. Mehdi Ghafouri, Montréal Heritage Council, Montréal, Canada
Secretary:           Ms. Ersi Philippopoulou-Michailidou, Ministry of Culture, Greece

• 1989-1992

Chair:                   Mr. Mehdi Ghafouri, Montréal Heritage Council, Montréal Canada
Secretary:           Mr. Andrew Millward, The Manchester Museum,  United Kingdom

•  1986-1989

Chair:                   Ms. Yani Herreman, Museo de Historia Natural, Mexico
Secretary:           Mr. Mehdi Ghafouri, Montréal Heritage Council, Montréal, Canada

• 1977-1980

Chair:                   Mr. Per Kåks, Riksutställningar, Stockholm, Sweden
Secretary:           Mr. Manfred Fath, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Germany

•  1974-1977

Chair:                   Mr. Corneille Janssen, Provinciaal Museum van Drenthe, Netherlands
Secretary:           Ms. Germaine Pélegrin, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

• 1968-1973

Chair:                   Mr. Louis Wijsenbeek, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands
Secretary:           Ms. Evelyn Weiss, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Köln Germany

•  1966-1968

Chair:                   Mr. Louis Wijsenbeek, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands
Secretary:           Mr. Pierre Quoniam, France

•  1962-1965

Chair:                   Mr. Louis Wijsenbeek, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands

•  1956-1959

Chair:                   Mr. Ulrich Guyan, Switzerland

•  1953-1956

Chair:                   Mr. Ulrich Guyan, Switzerland

• 1950-1953

Chair:                   Mr. Bengt Thordeman, Statens Historiska Museet, Sweden
Vice-Chair:          Mr. Pierre Verlet, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France