New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology

This book presents up-to-date information about museums and museology in present-day Asia, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand.Asian countries today have developed or are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models. This book provides readers with carefully chosen examples of museum activitiesfor example, exhibition and sharing information, database construction, access to and conservation of museum collections, relationships between museums and local communities, and international cooperation in the field of cultural heritage. Readers are expected to include museum professionals and museology students.Throughout the course of this book, the reader will understand that a museum is not only a place for collecting, representing, and preserving cultural heritage but also plays a fundamental role in community development. This book is highly recommended to readers who seek a worldwide vision of museum studies.The peer-reviewed chapters in this volume are written versions of the lectures delivered by selected speakers at the international symposium "New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology" held in February 2015 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.

Demonstrates how Asian countries are developing their own museology and museums, which are not simple copies of European or North American models Uses carefully chosen examples to describe museums and museology in Asia today, focusing on Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Thailand Presents an integrated achievement of an effort of more than 20 years by the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, in international human resource development in museology

Inhalt

Preface.- Introduction.- Part I: Asian Museums Today.- Part II: Museums in the Info-age.- Part III: Balance between Conservation and Access for Museums.- Part IV: Museums and Local Communities.- Part V: Museums and International Cooperation.- Closing Remarks: Twenty Years of Cooperation.