ISS 25 (1995).pdf - The International Council of Museums

MUSEUM AND COMMUNITY
,\nupama Nigam
Museum as institutions were born out of sheer
social need. Hence the commitment to society and to the
community is vital. Inquisitiveness of human mind on
one hand, promts us to know something about the growth of
human civilisation and the changing social needs on the
other, will require the accumulated knowledge and
experience of the by gone era to reproduce new paradigms
and models for further social growth. Museum objects as,
authentic testimony of the past which are collected in
museum and Art-gallaries provide them with an unique
opportunity to fulfil there basic needs.
The service to the community is therefore the
prime concern of the museum. The main function such as
Collection, Preservation and Communication are the tools
to enlighten the people as a whole of their past cultural
and natural heritage. Thus all the socio-cultural
function of
collection.
activity of
collection,
a museum
The well
museums,
revolve
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must therefore be
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the museum
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respective
to meet
socio-cultural and economic requirements of the
communi ty. Yet, museums are dynamic institutions and
their policies and programmes will have to be therefore
revised from time to time, in order to meet the changing
socio-cultural needs of the community.
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