Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Museology in the Indian Knowledge Tradition Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Museology in the Indian Knowledge Tradition
Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.
Module 1: Conceptual Foundations of Museology in the Indian Knowledge Tradition
- a Meaning and Scope of Museology, Concepts of Dharohar (heritage), Parampara (tradition), and cultural memory
- b Traditional Institutions of Preservation in India, Temples, monasteries (viharas), mathas, royal treasuries, and manuscript libraries
- c Sources and Knowledge Systems, Shilpa Shastra, Vastu Shastra, and traditional art treatises, Indigenous methods of conservation and transmission of knowledge
Module 2: Development and Practice of Museology
- a Growth of Museums in India , national heritage policies , Role of Archaeological Survey and cultural institutions
- b Museum Management and Conservation Practices , role of curator and display techniques , Preventive and curative conservation methods
- c Museums, Society, and Public Engagement , Educational role of museums , Digital museology and future challenges
Text Books
- 1 Agarwal, Usha, Directory of Museums in India, New Delhi, 2000.
- 2 Edson, Gary Dean, David, The Handbook of Museums, 1994.
- 3 Hudson, Kenneth Nicholls, Ann, Eds., World Directory of Museums, New York, 1975.
Reference Books
- 1 Balloffct Nclly, Hille Jenny and Judith Reed, Conservation and Preservation of Records Archives, American Library Association, Chicago, 2015
- 2 Banerjee, N. R., Museum and Cultural Heritage QT India, Agam Kala Prakashan, New
- 3 Dwivedi V.P, Museums and Museology: New Horizons, Agam Kala Prakashan, New Delhi, 1980
- 4 Forde Helen and Rhys-Lewis Jonathan, Preserving Archives, Facet Publishing, London, 2013 Ghose Salien,
- 5 Jenkinson Hilary, A Manual of Archive Administration, Oxford, Clarendon Press, London, 1922
- 6 Markham S. F., The Museums India, The Museum Association, London, 1936
- 7 Plenderleith H. J, The Conservation Q/ Antiquities and Works of Art: Treatment, Repair and Restoration, Oxford University Press, New York, 1956
- 8 Sarkar, H, Museums and Protection Monuments and Antiquities in India, Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi, 1981
- 9 Publishers, New York, 2003, Thomson John M.A. and Others, Manual of Curatorship: A Guide to Museum Practice, Routledge, New York, 1984
- 10 Wittlin Alma, Museums: Its History' and Its Tasks in Education, Routledge and K Paul, London,1949