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    This document provides information on the Museum and Museology course offered at the SEC Museum. [1] It is a 2-credit course offered in the 12th class with 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of practical/field work per week. [2] The course aims to introduce the basic concepts of museums and museology and expose students to the history and functioning of museums in India. [3] Upon completing the course, students will understand the roles of museums as resource centers that preserve and disseminate knowledge.

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    This document provides information on the Museum and Museology course offered at the SEC Museum. [1] It is a 2-credit course offered in the 12th class with 1 hour of lecture and 1 hour of practical/field work per week. [2] The course aims to introduce the basic concepts of museums and museology and expose students to the history and functioning of museums in India. [3] Upon completing the course, students will understand the roles of museums as resource centers that preserve and disseminate knowledge.

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    SEC Museum and Museology

    CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE

    Course title & Code Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite
    Lecture Tutorial Practical/ criteria of the course
    Practice (if any)
    Museum and 2 1 0 1 XII Class NA
    Museology

    Learning Objectives

    The objective of this paper is to introduce and provide basic understanding about
    Museum and Museology as a discipline. Through this paper the students will be exposed
    to various aspects of museum history- (museum movement in India, particularly), its
    functioning, types and purpose. It will highlight the role of the museum as an important
    centre for preservation and dissemination of knowledge. This paper is of particular value
    to those who are seeking careers as curators, art collectors, researchers and
    conservators.

    Learning outcomes

    Upon completion of this course the student shall be able to:


    • Understand museum as a resource center.
    • Understand the historical process of institutionalization of archaeology and
    culture through museums.
    • Develop an insight into the various roles of museum an organizer, preserver
    and manager of artifacts.
    • And how museum is an effective center for dissemination of knowledge and
    information, and space for dialogue and interaction.
    • Also develop some understanding about new museums.
    • A student having studied this course will be skilled in culture and tourism
    based industries: possible employment includes tour guides, archaeology
    assistants, archivist, jobs in art galleries, museums, auction houses,
    researchers in NGOs and other institutions, culture and art based writing and
    journalism and on social media

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    SYLLABUS

    Unit I - Theory (15 hours)


    (i) Definition and meaning of Museum and Museology.
    (ii) History of museums in India- Colonial to post independence.
    Research based project (any two): History of- National Museum/ Indian
    Museum/ Salar Jung Museum/Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrhalay
    (iii) A brief introduction to New Museology

    Unit II - Practical (30 hours)


    (i) Various functions of a museum- Collection, documentation (manual, digital
    and photographic), preventive conservation and exhibition should be taught in
    conjunction with practical/ project.
    (ii) Types of museums: Project
    Practical/Project: Visit any one museum to understand the nature and scope of its
    collection and exhibition techniques - National Museum/ Redfort Archaeological
    Museum/National Craft Museum and Hastkala Academy/ National Gallery of Modern
    Art/ National Science Centre /Gandhi Smriti Museum/Delhi Sulabh International
    Museum of Toilet/ Sanskriti Kendra (individual/ group assignments may be designed
    and assigned on one of these museums)
    30 hours for practical with minimum 3-5 Days for Museum visit and field work.

    Essential/recommended readings
    Unit I:
    This unit introduces students to the concept of Museum and Museology. With the
    help of International Council of Museum (ICOM) definitions - meaning, purpose and
    changing roles of museum can be understood. Unit will look into the history of
    colonial museums and their transformation into National Museums in the post-
    independence era. With the help of case studies of various national museums and
    their making, their historical trajectory can be studied and understood in the
    background of the museum movement in India. Provide a brief introduction to the
    concept of new museology and how new museums became an agent of change in
    the Museum world.
    • Burdhan, Anand (2017), Colonial Museum: An Inner History, Research India
    Press, Delhi
    • Choudhary, R. D. (1988). Museums of India and their Maladies. Calcutta:
    AgamPrakashan.
    • Desvaltees, Andre, & Francas Mairesse Arrond Cown (2010), Key concept in
    Museology ICOM-2010, Paris.
    • Dwivedi, V P, Museums and Museology: New Horizons. Agam Kala Prakashan

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    • Guha-Thakurta, Tapti. (2004). Objects, Histories: Institution of Art in Colonial
    India, New York: Columbia University Press.
    • Mathur, Saloni. (2007). India by Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display.
    Berkley: University of California
    • Mathur, Saloni. (2000). “Living Ethnological Exhibits: The Case of 1886”,
    Cultural Anthropology, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp 492-524
    • सहाय, िशव !व#प ( 201 9). सं#हालय क" ओर , मोतीलाल बनारसीदास, नई !द#ली
    • Tiwari, Usha Rani and Pandey, Aarti. 2016. नव सं#हालय !व#ान. Kala
    Prakashan
    • Vergo, Peter, ( 1997)New Museology. Germany: Reaktion Books.

    Unit II:
    In this unit various functions of museum are to be studied. With the help of examples
    and case studies, types of Museums and their features will be discussed. By studying
    the nature of the collection and the exhibition methods student shall be able to
    identify the museum types.
    • Aggarwal, O. P. (2006). Essentials of Conservation and Museology, Delhi:
    Sundeep Prakashan.
    • Agrawal, O.P. (Translation: Tiwari, R.P.) (2012) पु#तकालय साम$ी और कला
    व"तुओं का पर#$ण, Delhi.
    • Dean, David and Gary, Edson (1994) Handbook for Museums, Routledge.
    • Dwivedi, V P, Museums and Museology: New Horizons. Agam Kala Prakashan
    • Jain, Sanjay (1999), !यू$जयम और !यू$जयोलॉजी एक प"रचय, Kanika Prakashan,
    New Delhi
    • Munsuri, Shahida. Museums, Museology and New Museology. India:
    Readworthy Press Corporation, 2018.
    • Nair, S. N. (2011). Bio-Deterioration of Museum Materials, Calcutta: Agam
    Prakashan
    • शु#ला, िगर$श चं#।, सं#हालय !व#ान, मोतीलाल बनारसीदास

    Suggestive readings
    Museum:
    • Ambrose Timothy, Paine Crispin ( 1993, 2006),Museum Basics, Routledge
    • Burdhan, Anand (2017), Museological Pedagogy: Colonial Politics versus
    People’s Museography, Research India Press
    • Bedekar. V. H, New Museology, Museum Association of India, New Delhi
    • Dwivedi, V P, Museums and Museology: New Horizons. Agam Kala Prakashan
    • Macdonald, S. (Ed.). (2010). The politics of display: Museums, science, culture.
    Routledge.London

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    • Mathur, Saloni and Kavita Singh(reprint2020), no-touching, no spitting, no
    praying: The Museums in South Asia,Routledge.
    • Roychowdhury, Madhuparna (2015). Displaying India's Heritage: Archaeology
    and the Museum Movement in Colonial India, Orient Black Swan.
    • Munsuri, Shahida. Museums, Museology and New Museology. India:
    Readworthy Press Corporation, 2018
    • Macdonald, Sharon (2006), A companion to Museum Studies, Blackwell, UK
    and Australia.
    • Punja, Shobhita, (2014) Treasures: Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad. Niyogi
    Books, Delhi.
    • Punja Shobhita (2014) Treasure: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu
    Sanghralaya, Mumbai, Niyogi Books, Delhi.

    Examination scheme and mode:


    Total Marks: 100 marks
    Internal Assessment: 25 marks
    End Semester University Exam: 75 marks
    The Internal Assessment for the course may include Class participation, Assignments,
    Class tests, Projects, Field Work, Presentations, amongst others as decided by the
    faculty.

    Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the Examination


    Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

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