Heritage museum :- management and preservation

Submitted to : ar. Ami desai

0801 bhati m. zafir sem 7th

What are heritage museums..?????

Heritage museum is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. A heritage museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. Heritage museum movement began in 1949 with a handful of privileged structures and has developed goals that provide "leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save diverse historic places and revitalize communities" according to the mission statement. In 1951 it was assumed responsibility for its first museum property

Why past is important..?????

It makes our lives richer It gives us a deeper understanding about the world around us It is interesting It is fun to investigate and explore It tells us about ourselves

Why should we preserve heritage museums..?????

We will lose our monuments from pressures of the modern world Poppulation will destroy famous sites Information about our past helps us to understand who we are We can learn from what happened in the past

How preservation of heritage museums started..?????

During the 1960s people began to realise that if we continued destroying important historical monuments and sites we would lose evidence about our culture and past UNESCO held a conference in 1972 and an international agreement was adopted It was called the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage By 1997 over 145 countries had signed the Convention, now 178 countries belong

Managing heritage museums..

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Managing criteria for heritage museums.....

to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change

Managing criteria for heritage museums.....

to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria) to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance; to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features; to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for insitu conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.