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2014-04-14Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/8743
University museums in Sri Lanka
dc.contributor.authorNihal, Dayawansa P.
dc.contributor.authorSuratissa, Dissanayake M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-16T22:32:50Z
dc.date.available2017-06-16T22:32:50Z
dc.date.created2014-04-14
dc.date.issued2014-04-14
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/9395
dc.description.abstractCurrent status of university museums in Sri Lanka was evaluated. Results of questionnaire and interview survey revealed that the majority of universities lack museums. Two universities, including the pioneer University of Colombo, possess natural history museums administrated by curators. One of the oldest, University of Peradeniya, has a geological museum without a curator. Other universities possess a museum dedicated for Muslim culture, an art museum and an engineering museum. Poor infrastructure, dearth of finance devoted in corporate plans for development, lack of curators and absence of research were identified as major weaknesses.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC)
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectuniversity museumseng
dc.subjectnatural historyeng
dc.subjectcuratoreng
dc.subject.ddc000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
dc.titleUniversity museums in Sri Lanka
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-100216711
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-100217890
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/8743
local.edoc.pages2
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-year2013
dc.identifier.zdb2590340-8
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleProceedings of the 12th Conference of the International Committee of ICOM for University Museums and Collections (UMAC), Singapore, 10st–12th October 2012
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume2013
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue6
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart67
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend68

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