Museum Studies contains selected essays on museums. Thirty-five articles contributed by museologists and those researching in museums cover diverse types of museums located in almost all the states and spread across the length and breadths of India. Papers presented in this volume cover - history of museums, museum orientation, technological applications, virtual and modern museums, museum processes, museum architecture, museum and corporate world, friendlier museum, social accountability of museum, ecomuseum, museum publication, etc. and also collections such as - paintings, terracotta, sculptures, copper plates, coins, textiles, excavated remains, pottery, beads, seals, masks, ethnological collections, ranging from prehistoric times to contemporary period. With first hand information on variety of museums, from traditional to modern museums and with more than 180 illustrations this volume would be of interest not only to the professionals and students of museology, archaeologists, artist, architects, but also to students and even to common readers interested in art, culture, and education.

About the Author

Professor Alok Tripathi (b. 1965) is a young leading archaeologist in the country having long experience in archaeology. Presently, Director, Centre for Archaeology and Museology, and Head, Department of History in the Assam University, Silchar he is known as a renowned authority in underwater archaeology in Asia-Pacific region. With his background in science he learned and mastered in diverse branches of archaeology excavations, underwater archaeology, heritage management, laws, remote sensing, art and architecture, and museuology. Widely travelled and worked in more than 15 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, he has executed a number of prestigious projects and directed  important archaeological excavations. Author and editor of over 10 monographs and 75 research papers he was listed among the ten brightest young scientists in the country.