Museum Collections and Management: A Case of Addis Ababa Museum
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2020-05
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Addis Ababa University
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The museum collection management is one of the important processes for museums to be successful in their mission. It refers to the process of managing museum collections properly and increasing of effectiveness of the museums. It is the systematic mechanisms which regulates the museum collections to play towards the achievement of organizational goals. Addis Ababa Museum since its foundation in 1986 has over the years tried to accomplish a lot of objectives in its activities. The museum collection management is not on the position from the expectations to be as the municipal museum. Up to now few researchers have dealt with the issues concerning the collection management of the museum. The general objective of this study is to assess the current status of the museum collections and management by examining the effectiveness of the current status of museum collection management in comparison with the required standard of museum management. The methodologies used to conduct the research are both qualitative and quantitative research. The necessary data were collected from both primary and secondary sources which are carefully analyzed and interpreted. To gather with this the appropriate data tools used are: questionnaires, interviews and observation. The scope of this thesis is entirely limited to the reach the experiences of the museum collection management in the context of the Addis Ababa Museum. The key findings are the museum collection management is below the expected standard set by (ICOM, ICCROM) in the level of museum collection management, representation, legal frameworks, community engagement, museum services and organizational structure. This research recommends that the museum collection management should be run and managed by professionally who should perform their tasks by following the basic principles of effective museum collection management policy and guidelines. As long as strict and proper museum policy and guidelines are put in place, it will ultimately help Addis Ababa museum develop proper standard of the museum collection management. The result leads to the appropriate, effective and goal oriented service that satisfies the general public.
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Museum Collections and Management: A Case of Addis Ababa Museum