An Assessment Of The Ethnographic Museum Of Wollega

An Assessment of the Ethnographic Museum of WollegarnSeveral researches have been conducted on the museums of Ethiopia. Research on thernWollega Museum, the subject under study is very minimal. Wollega Museum has notrnbeen touched adequately by researchers. Since museum is vital human treasure in allrncountries in the 21st century, the status of museums should be adequately evaluated;rnwhether they meets national as well as internationally set standards. In the case ofrnEthiopia, concerns to the cultural institutions in general and to the museums in particularrnhas given less attention in government structures as compared to other public institutions.rnMuseums have a real power to teach the society about everything of the past and alsorncreate a link between the past and the present. Everybody can contemplate and think tornput her/his history in the museum where every cultures and identities displayed andrncommunicates. Based on these and other issues regarding the museum under study, thernresearcher has set an objective on the identified problems that initiated him for the study.rnThe overall objective of this study is to assess the general status of Wollega Museum.rnThe assessment has been made on overall of the museum‟s category of collection,rndocumentation, conservation, exhibition and its management and also the museumrnstandard. It also aims at exploring the challenges and opportunities of the museum underrnstudy and suggesting possible solutions to the identified gaps.rnQualitative research method has been applied to address the objectives of the research.rnData collecting techniques and tools are those appropriate to the qualitative researchrnmethod such as, interview and observation are applied as the basic methods of datarncollecting tools. The collected data has been analyzed and interpreted to address thernobjective of the study. After all the data has been interpreted recommendations has beenrnmade to suggest possible solutions based on the findings.rnThe key findings are: 1) The museum has meet the standard of museum establishmentrnproclamation criteria, established according to the legislation of the Ethiopian Museums,rnbut the Wollega Museum has not given attention on the administrative part of thernmuseum. 2) The museum by its collection is not only an ethnography museum, it seemsrnthe general museum and its rank is on the 1st level. But, due to mal administration of thernlocal authority, it is below the standards set for the museum in terms of management andrnprofessional personnels. As a result, recommendations for possible solutions has beenrnforwarded for the concerning body.

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