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The Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM) is a Commonwealth professional association and an international non-profit NGO working towards the betterment of museums and their societies in the Commonwealth family of nations and globally.

It is therefore concerned with the major issues and problems of the contemporary world. CAM wishes to work from the museum perspective, within the Commonwealth framework, and with Commonwealth governments and the people of our member states through their museums and Non-Governmental Organizations, to achieve our common goals. We welcome collaboration with others outside the Commonwealth.

Major Objectives
* Global Community fostering and strengthening links between museums and members of the museum profession in the Commonwealth and between museums and their communities
* Professional Excellence promoting a high standard of museum activity in the Commonwealth
* Professional Learning encouraging life-long learning and assist professional development and training through distance learning course, workshops, seminars
* Communication facilitating the dissemination of knowledge and information on all professional matters
* Collaboration working in collaboration with other international and national museum organizations and other agencies in the achievement of these goals

While based mainly in the Commonwealth, CAM welcomes opportunities to work with museums and agencies throughout the world.