Question

difference between an archive and a museum

Answer 1

Archives and museums are distinct institutions that follow different standards principles and practices in managing their respective collections. However, many museums today, such as the UP Vargas Museum, have adopted archival procedures as well, thus, blurring the line between the two institutions.

When we hear of archives and museums, we think of institutions containing collections of significant information: documents, artworks, artifacts and other objects of great importance. To the layman, there is nothing wrong with archives used inside museums since they have the same function. Experts in these institutions, however, think otherwise given their divergent traditions and ways of doing things. 

Although archives and museums are considered to have the same function, they are distinct institutions that follow different sets of standard principles and practices in managing their respective collections. This difference and overlap in function between archives and museums is the source of study of Mr. Ricardo L. Punzalan of Institute of Library and Information Science. His study, entitled Archives in the Museum Context: A Case Study on the Application of Archival Principles and Practices in the Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, investigates the coexistence of archival and museum collections within one institution. 

Answer 2

An archive is a collection of historical records as well as the place they are located. Archives contain primary source document that have accumulated over the organisation's lifetime.

Museum is a bbuliding or institution yhat cares for the collection of artifacts and other object s of scientific, artistic or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits.

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