A joint 1977 project of the Conservation and International Art Exhibitions Committees of ICOM, the International Art Exhibition Organiser's Manual provides a code of practice for a lender to an exhibition. The Manual thus gives practical embodiment to the statement of intent provided by the ICOM Guidelines for Loans published in 1974 and makes available a convenient corpus of exhibition-organizing practice to be cited in agreements to lend and in insurance contracts in order to reduce wear and tear and eliminate avoidable hazards. The report summarizes the principles adopted by the authors.