Normative and legal consequences of adopting a new ICOM museum definition

During the 26th ICOM General Conference in Prague in 2022 a new museum definition was adopted. However, debates on it are much older, and while reaching merely the previous 25th ICOM General Conference held in Kyoto in 2019 let us recall that it was there that an aborted attempt at introducing the new museum definition, much differing from the current one, took place. It is the normative and legal consequences of the adoption of the new ICOM museum definition that are the subject of the paper. It is possible for the normative ICOM output to be implemented in the domestic legal regulations. Interpretations and observations related to the question are contained in the paper, however they finally lead to the conclusion that the literal wording of the museum definition as such is not of major importance. As for the tendency, this shows the extension of the name’s range although not conducted entirely spontaneously and freely.