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This work presents about 20 essays by museum professionals on the present museum context from an international perspective. Questions are asked, concerns addressed and trends described with respect to creating a body of knowledge and sharing it. Whose knowledge? Who are the learners? From whom do they learn? For what purpose? Essential questions that touch various bodies of knowledge, their acquisition and their dissemination. Questions the impact of which cannot be ignored, certainly not by museums, for whom the sharing of knowledge is both a goal and a value.<br/><br/>This publication was prepared for the joint annual CMA-SMQ congress held in Montreal in June 1995, whose theme was the sharing of knowledge.