National Museum Institute of History of Art¸ Conservation & Museology¸ Delhi

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COURSES:

Ph D (all disciplines)
MA (all disciplines)

(Institute in Delhi)

DESCRIPTION :

The urgent need to initiate advanced studies in the areas of History of Art¸ Conservation¸ and Museology has been discussed for years and the first step was taken in 1983¸ when diploma and post graduate diploma courses in History of International and Modern Art and their Sources and Restoration of Oil paintings were initiated in National Gallery of Modern Art¸ New Delhi. In the year 1985¸ the programme was shifted to National Museum and its scope was expanded to include teaching of History of Art¸ covering both Ancient and Modern¸ Eastern and Western. The programme of Restoration of Oil paintings was also widened to include the restoration of other works of art of organic and inorganic material.

With a view that the students can benefit and make a career out of these advanced studies¸ and because of the fact that mere diplomas may not make them eligible to apply and compete for various posts in the museums¸ galleries and universities¸ it was considered appropriate to set up an Institute that could award its own M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Thus the Society of the National Museum Institute of the History of Art¸ Conservation and Museology¸ Delhi was formed and registered on January 27¸ 1989 under the Societies Registration Act¸ 1860. Based on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission¸ the Ministry of Human Resources Development¸ Government of India accorded the status of 'Deemed to be University' on April 29¸ 1989 to the National Museum Institute of History of Art¸ Conservation and Museology¸ to be administered by the above Society.