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 Alok Tripathi
Dr. Alok Tripathi, born in 1965 at Gwalior, obtained his Masters Degree in A.I.H.C. and Archaeology and Sociology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior and Doctor of Philosophy from M.S. University of Baroda. He has participated in archaeological excavations at Karbabhat and Sorar, Sopara, Paithan, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Ojiyana. He is a diver and has participated in underwater excavations at Dwarka in the Arabian Sea; Transquebar and Kaveripattnam in the Bay of Bengal; Calanque de I' Ann (France); La Pointe Lequin (France); Cala Culip VI (Spain) in the Mediterranean Sea and Saint Vaast La Hougue (France) in the English Channel. He is presently heading the Underwater Archaeology Wing of the Archaeological Survey of India. He is Director of excavation of a shipwreck Princes Royal off Bangaram Island and excavation at Elephanta Island, in the Arabian Sea and excavation at Mahabalipuram in the Bay of Bengal. He has visited France, Spain, Monaco, Denmark, U.K., Hong Kong, Macau SAR China and Nepal. He is the author of 'Excavation of Princes Royal', 'Recent Excavations in Rajasthan' and editor of 'Proceedings of the International Seminar on Marine Archaeology' and 'Remote Sensing and Archaeoogy'. Besides he has published more than 50 research papers in various reputed journals and other volumes.
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