Indian Museums in Community Identity and Development: A Critical Study

Abstract

Museums are complexinstitutions of integration of cultures; tangibleand intangible traditions exhibit the man andnature relationship and promote education andresearch activities. And in elaborating manner,the Museums stand for the holistic presentationof various tribal and folk populations in thesystematic way of socio-cultural economic andtechnological aspects. It focuses not justspecifically on a particular community, orsubject; trend or theme; and tradition ortechnology, but always presents the unbiasedaspects of the past and present of the existed andexisting societies. And through its activities,museum plays a vital role in presenting theequality and dignity of all cultures in paralleldevelopmental approach for their preserving thecultural identity. Thus, museums have come upwith people’s aspirations and inspirations interms of promoting and safeguarding the variouscommunities on single platform

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