Museum Matters, Matters in Museum

This book is designed to deal with museum, museology and cultural heritage in a holistic manner. The beginning of the museum as the public institution, standing of the museology as an academic discipline, cultural heritage as the heart and soul of the museums and heritage repositories are the basic premises incorporated in this volume. Besides some critical issues of the contemporary time in the realm of museum communication and marketing are also figure in this work. The alternative museum movement that has impacted in the structure and function of the conventional museum since end of the last century have been explored within the realm of the future of museum as an institution of knowledge. There are continuous of discussions about the tribal culture in the country and need for preservation of tribal heritage has become the focus in recent time. The format of a new museum of tribal culture is succinctly discussed in this volume with the objective of creating awareness among the public at large about their way of life in the changing situation of 21st century. 

Due to the globalization and impact of the technology cultural heritages are at stake at all levels of culture. This aspect has been dealt with in several selected areas both in terms of tangible and intangible cultural properties. Offbeat topics like music and musical instruments, tradition of textile, other minor crafts practices, regional cultural mapping and cultural landscapes of immense beauty, world heritage convention for conservation of cultural heritage etc. are seamlessly described in the second part of this book. This book brings forth the interface of the musicology and endangered human heritage on one platform for easy comprehension of the scholars, students and teachers and persons interested in human heritage.