Međunarodni odbori
Međunarodni odbori okupljaju stručnjake različitih muzejskih specijalizacija. Međunarodni odbori definiraju standarde za muzeje i muzejske profesionalce, dijele znanstvene informacije, uspostavljaju partnerstva s drugim organizacijama i razvijaju preporuke za članstvo ICOM-a. Predsjednik/ica predstavlja međunarodni odbor u Savjetodavnom odboru ICOM-a.
Popis ICOM međunarodnih odbora:
| AVICOM | ICOM International Committee for Audiovisual and New Technologies of Image and Sound |
| CAMOC | International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities |
| CECA | International Committee for Education and Cultural Action |
| CIDOC | International Committee for Documentation |
| CIMAM | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art |
| CIMCIM | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Musical Instruments |
| CIMUSET | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Science and Technology |
| CIPEG | International Committee for Egyptology |
| COMCOL | International Committee for Collecting |
| COSTUME | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Costume |
| DEMHIST | International Committee for Historic House Museums |
| GLASS | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Glass |
| ICAMT | International Committee for Architecture and Museum Techniques |
| ICDAD | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Decorative Arts and Design |
| ICEE | International Committee for Exhibition Exchange |
| ICFA | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Fine Arts |
| ICLM | International Committee for Literary Museums |
| ICMAH | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Archaeology and History |
| ICME | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Ethnography |
| ICMEMO | International Committee of Memorial Museums in Remembrance of the Victims of Public Crimes |
| ICMS | International Committee for Museum Security |
| ICOFOM | International Committee for Museology |
| ICOM-CC | International Committee for Conservation |
| ICOMAM | International Committee for Museums of Arms and Military History |
| ICOMON | International Committee for Money and Banking Museums |
| ICR | International Committee for Regional Museums |
| ICTOP | International Committee for the Training of Personnel |
| INTERCOM | International Committee on Management |
| MPR | International Committee for Marketing and Public Relations |
| NATHIST | International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History |
| UMAC | International Committee for University Museums and Collections |
Regionalne alijanse
Regionalne alijanse okupljaju ICOM članove unutar određenih regija i promiču razmjenu iskustava, suradnju i događanja unutar regije. Predstavnici regionalnih alijansi sudjeluju u međunarodnim aktivnostima ICOM-a.
Popis ICOM regionalnih alijansi:
| AFRICOM | African Regional Alliance |
| ASPAC | Asia-Pacific Regional Alliance |
| EURASICOM | European and North American Regional Alliance |
| LACOM | Latin America and Caribbean Regional Alliance |
| NAMICOM | North American Regional Alliance |
Pridružene organizacije
Pridružene organizacije su partnerske organizacije koje dijele ciljeve ICOM-a i sudjeluju u zajedničkim projektima i inicijativama. One pomažu u promicanju muzejske struke i suradnji na međunarodnoj razini.
Popis pridruženih organizacija:
| AAM | American Alliance of Museums |
| ICR | International Council of Regional Museums |
| ICOMOS | International Council on Monuments and Sites |
| Museum Alliance | Various Museum Alliances Worldwide |