The Scientific Society The Canary Museum has since Thursday new statutes, after its partners have approved at the Extraordinary General Meeting the proposal to update those that had been governing the institution since 1
993.The new statutes, which are somewhat shorter than the previous ones, introduce significant changes in the composition of the Governing Board. In addition, it is removed from the figure of the Patronage or sponsoring foundation, a change with which the Canary Museum strengthens the vocation of administrative independence by which it has been defined throughout its h
istory. Another important modification is the modernization of everything related to the honors and distinctions that had been applied to this day, such as the status of "partners of merit", the emblems and badges or the portrait gallery. These uses of the past now yield the site to a way of understanding The Canary Museum much more in keeping with the times, opening itself to society with measures such as the existence of underage partners and the creation of the figure of the "y
outh partner". The process of adapting to the changing conditions of today is a constant fact in The Canary Museum, which since its creation has sought to be always up to date with regard to ways of addressing the scientific and cultural subjects to which the center is due. However, statutes have the function of regulating the lives of institutions for a certain period of time, and they imply a regulatory framework which, for practical reasons, cannot be subject to constant changes. It is therefore necessary to regularly study the relevance of its articulation and to periodically make the changes that are necessary to cope with the years to come. This is what the members of The Canary Museum have raised this Thursday, after a long internal process of study and debate, and that is why they have decided to have new statutes that allow them to function, without renouncing their founding principles, as an institution of their own century in which we live.