Review and Critique of the Museum Studies: Principles and Foundations

Afkhami, Behrouz

doi:10.30465/crtls.2019.4055

Review and Critique of the Museum Studies: Principles and Foundations

Document Type : Research

Author

Behrouz Afkhami

Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2019.4055

Abstract

Today in the world, Museums have external and internal roles in development. Museums are considered as effective institutions for international collaboration and cooperation, and they play an important role within a country in the development of education, creative skills, and cultural self-confidence. Global experiences show that museums have been effective instruments in promoting cultural knowledge in community, based on cultural heritage. They have been effective in cultural entrepreneurship as well. Museum studies and museum curatorship knowledge are considered as the basic and specialized education in the teaching of cultural heritage. Despite the importance of the museum and the great potential of the museum in Iran, this country is faced with poor professional, conceptual, and operational framework of the museum knowledge. Publication of the book entitled "Museum Studies” has partly filled this gap and created an opportunity for those interested in this field of study. Although the book has scientifical and content-based criticisms,it is regarded as one of the pioneers in the field of museum studies, so it is worthwhile and valuable. In this paper, the present book is mainly reviewed and criticized, along with some an. The authors of the book can apply the suggestions if they find them useful.

Keywords

Museum Studies

Curatorship

Principles

Critique

Subjects

Archaeology

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