Management and Curating an Ethnological Museum Lived Experiences of Actors

Abstract

Museum plays a vibrant role in the service of societies by telling the appreciated veracity through evidences available for better development in all fields of life. They are considered to be the source of conservation of heritage and culture of a nation. The artefacts kept in a museum reflect the lifestyle of the ancient people of that society. As a matter of fact the material culture tells the whole story of the past which is connected to the people of that time. Material in museums portrays the evolution and advancement of different industries and institutions and their impact on society. For the present research study I have used purposive sampling to conduct in-depth interviews from experts and the administrators of Lok Virsa Museum, whereas, accidental sampling were used to select the interlocutors of the research from the visitors of the museum. With the help of former sampling I have selected 4 respondents whereas latter helped to identify 19 respondents. The study management and curating an ethnological museum: lived experiences of actors particularly define the management of the objects in the museum and development of ethnological museum for the development, preservation of the material present in various communities and cataloguing for the younger generations. The study also concluded that due to various reasons e.g. government or policy level initiatives there is very limited work have been done anthropologically to document the effectiveness and the efficacy of museums in modern world. Study also concluded that, government may initiate one particular desk under the ministry of heritage for the development and preservation of practicing communities for transmission of old practices to the younger one to maintain the history of culture in its previous pure form.