| The department of
Museology at Aligarh Muslim University was established in the
year 1988. It is among one of the recently established departments
of the University. In a short span of nearly twelve years it
has already established its credentials in the professional
community of the country. As the department is imparting professional
training to prepare museum personnel, it has also carved out
a place at the national level in the field of museum profession.
Although there are seven universities having departments of
Museology and there is one full fledged National Institute
of Art Conservation and Museology (which is deemed to be a
University), yet the department of Museology at Aligarh has
an added distinction that it is the only department that is
imparting intensive training for preparing museum personnel
suitable to get positions in newly developing museums in the
country in the field of Natural History. It can also be added
that this is the only department where intensive research
is being conducted in the field of bio-deterioration of museum
materials. The department is developing a new field that may
be termed as museum (oriented) entomology and is also specializing
in the field of pest management techniques required to be
used in museums. This is important as major destruction of
our national heritage is being done by the biological agencies
like microorganisms, insects and rodents.
With great efforts of the teaching staff the
department has got approval for introducing "Museology
and Archeology" as vocational subject at degree level
from the session 2001-2002.
Facilities in the department include research
facilities, museum training programme, seminar library, Internet
& Computer etc.
The university museum of science and culture
is attached with the department. |
