Museums: A Historical Collection of Different Aspects of State, Society and Culture

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The present book is a collection of different articles. Through this book I intend to give an appropriate coverage to the study of Museums and Musseology recently introduced in UG and PG level by UGC as compulsory course work. The work is divided in different needful chapters. Before writing this book I visited different type of Museums physically. This is a complete course to the History of Museums, type of museums, key roles of museums, functions of museums and museum in motion today. Most attractive part of this book is image of different museums. This is a precious work for every enthusiastic reader.

Prof. (Dr.) Ranjana Rawat is presently working as Head Department of History, D.A.V. (P.G.) College, Dehradum, Uttrakhand, India which is affiliated to Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (A Central University) Shrinagar, Uttrakhand, since last 28 years with teaching and different administrative work. Prof. Rawat completed her higher studies from Allahabad and Awadh University of Uttar Pradesh.

Her field of specialization is Ancient Indian History and Archaeology. Prof. Rawat belonged to village Mallkhera, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India.

'History of museums and its elements' (according to NEP 2020) is an academic endeavour for students, researchers, scholars, eager people who face difficulty in having access to various and vivid facts, figures and facets of historical, socio-cultural reasons and reportoire of a historically important artifacts, important documents, things etc. The University Grant Commission has also included the subject of museums in it syllabus for UG and PG. Many of our friends also asked us to do something in this direction. I also visited some important museums personally. Before preparation of this book I seen some magnificent museums of different states of India and nabouring countries. This book especially focusses on the different elements which are essential for museums. From the start, I visuallized this book as simultaneously addressing audiences like students, research scholar, intellectuals, general readers, students of competitive exams; in fact anyone who is curious about India's ancient past. Readers of this book will recognize that it covers all aspects related with museums. Each chapter of this book provided readers, students and scholars with a foundation, encouraging them to further reading, depending on their needs and interests. The historical narrative given in the book is based on different resources. Readers are encouraged to follow given references for more detailed treatment of various issues. The web supplement carries forwarded the features of this book, especially in terms of experts from original sources and illustrations. I hope that this book is a valuable piece of work. I would like thanks to all who are related with my this work.

Museums are buildings in which we see many things of artistic cultural, historical, traditional and objects of scientific interest. It is a great source of knowledge but also makes us familiar with our history, culture, civilization, religion, art, architecture of our country. This book cover different type of museums like fine arts, historical, science and technology, archaeological, general museums. Through all these we can come to know how people of from ancient times lived, what they used and what things they made, Therefore, museums are also called storehouse of history. That's why it's essential for students for knowing and reading about museums.

A museums is an institution dedicated to displaying and preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibition of these objects on public display and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Compared to a library, a museum host a much wider range of objects and usually focus around a specific theme such as the arts, science, natural history, local history and other topics. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often considered to be tourist attractions, and many museums attract large numbers of visitors from outside their host country, with most visited museums in the world regularly attracting millions of visitor annually. In this book purpose of museums, history of museums, definitions of museums, etiology of museums, management of museums, protection of museums, type of museums, training and employment etc. included widely. The true conception of a museum is an institution with educational uses. Museums collect objects of art, history and science, culture to exhibit them, study them as well as possible for the future. I acknowledge our indebtness to our helpers, colleges and publisher also. I would like to also thank head of different museums.