The MAI, with its entire mission,
programs and organizational strength
shall be devoted to the furtherance of
the following aims and objectives:
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To serve as a National Advisory Body
for Museums in India.
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To the development of a national
policy for museums in India ensuring
a steady progress of all the museums
in India.
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To support opportunities for sound
professional preparation, provide
outlets for professional research and
publication as well as foster the
continued improvement of the museum
profession through the development
and observance of high standards of
ethics.
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To use meetings, reports, papers,
discussions, publications, and other
media of publicity and communication
in promoting its purposes so as to
increase and diffuse knowledge of all
matters pertaining to museums and
encourage cooperation among museums,
museum professionals, museum users,
and the general public.
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To stimulate research within the
museum field, and generally to
promote professional and institutional
standards of India’s museums.
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To take all necessary measures leading
to the popularization of the museums
of India and recognition of their role
as centers of cultural and educational
activity.
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To ensure the rapid dissemination of
technical knowledge related to
collection, preservation and display
of all kinds of museum objects.
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To organize regular national and
regional seminars, symposiums,
workshops, conferences, exhibitions,
study tour of museums.
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To issue publications appropriate for
furtherance of the cause of museums
both at national and regional levels.
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To publish a Journal to serve as a
forum for the study of Museums and
its related areas with the continuing
nomenclature as ‘Journal of Indian
Museums’.
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To provide facilities for exchanging
ideas and developing the spirit of
co-operation in museums.
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To provide help in the exchange of
exhibits from various museums in
order to promote better inter-state
understanding.
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To co-operate with the Museums
Associations in other countries and
ICOM by offering them information,
advice and help.
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To maintain a central library of books
and journals bearing subjects
especially on Museum, its study and
practices.
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To make arrangements for the training
of museum’s personnel in order to
achieve a high standard of efficiency.
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To the maintenance of a closer contact
between centers of Academic teaching
of Museology, Conservation of objects
and other related subjects in Indian
Universities, Central Advisory Board
of museums (others, if any) and the
working personnel and their
organizations throughout India and
abroad.
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To render technical assistance and
professional advice to museums,
in need.
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To devise proper measures for the
protection of valuable museum objects,
national monuments, natural landmarks,
scientific and technological objects
having museum value for the education
and enjoyment of the people.
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To the recognition of all centers of
visual education, like traditional
museums of art, and archaeology,
museums of science and technology,
zoos and aquariums, botanical gardens
and planetariums as museums or museum
like institutions directly connected
with the advancement of the knowledge
and cultural attainments of the India
masses.
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To undertake pilot projects in relation
to the preservation and conservation of
historical and cultural property,
preservation of historic/heritage
buildings and to setup & maintain
museums, libraries and information
services to facilitate the study and
development of art and cultural
heritage.
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To act as a pressure group by arousing
public opinion when any part of the art
or cultural heritage is threatened
with imminent danger of damage or
destruction, arising out of private
or public policy or in any other
manner.
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To develop an online platform for
discussion of sensitive issues of
museums and related fields. E.g.
telegram etc.
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To make all possible efforts to make
all the heads of museums to attend
the annual conference of MAI.
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To the promotion of a proper and
standard scale of pay and status on a
national basis, of museums personnel
working throughout the Indian republic.
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To develop a focused and dynamic
website with essential features.
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To acquire, hold or dispose of
property for furthering the objective
stated above.
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To raise fund through ambassador
programme for research and development
projects of museums and related fields.