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Survey Of Preservation And Conservation Of Local History Collections In Nigeria
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The National War museum
now houses the indoor aspects of the voice of Biafra. It is a lovely
place to visit, a place laden with curious items. Beyond the concrete
entrance the visitor descends a staircase in three flights. The steps
are lighted with white fluorescent tubes. And inside this area are
mounted along both walls photographs that tell the story of the war.
There is one ebullient demonstration celebrating the end of the war.
They carry a placard which reads “Obituary Biafra is deadâ€. Then another
of the day of surrender showing Obasanjo and Effiong, the two soldiers
who ended the war.
There are also pictures of the victims of the war
like a killed Biafra mercenary. On the staircase that lead to the
second entrance, on both sides are mounted photographs of major actors
on both sides, Ojukwu facing Gowon with all the major members of their
respective teams coming after them. Further upon this staircase are
portraits of the victims and predators of the January 1966 coup. Then
the visitors enter the building which houses the offices of the museum
built so that coming out of the bunker, you emerge inside it.
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
purpose of his work is to survey a preservation and conservation of
local history collections in Nigeria making specific reference to the
National War Museum Umuahia. The project is also aimed at stimulating
discussions on some of the issues raised so that museum can play its
proper role and also to enable the public understand what that role is.
This study will among other things, examine the following:
a. The reason for siting the museum at Umuahia.
b. Find out the extent which recession in the economy of the country affected the growth and management of the museum.
c. To identify the chemicals/methods involved in the presentation and conservation of objects in museum.
d. Find out the various processes involved in the collections of the objects and how they are stored in the museum.
e. To identify the person charge with the care of preservation and conservation of museum objects.
f. To identify the major problems militating against the effective use of the museum.
g. Attempt suggestions on how these problems could be alleviated.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Based on research objectives above, the research questions are follows:
1. What are chemicals/methods involved in the preservation and conservation of objects in a museum.
2. What types of objects/artifacts are stored in a museum
3. What preserves/conserves the museum’s objects
4. What kind of security approach is adopted in the museum
5. What factors affected the preservation and conservation of objects/artifacts in museum
6. What ways can preservation and conservation of objects/artifacts in a museum be improved.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research study aims at identifying the presentation and conservation of Local history collections in Nigeria, a case study of National War Museum, Umuahia, Abia State. In the process of carry out this research, the researcher identifies the problems/constrain, methods/techniques adopted, the classes of artifacts kept and also proffer solutions to the effective procedures for preservation and of local history collection in a museum under study. In the study, the researcher observed among num ... Continue reading---
