Museums and Community Engagement

Abstract

Abstract: Most of the world`s museums have adopted a new approach based on permenant cooperation between museums and the surrounding community which led to the creation of a successful interactive working environment as museums were originally established by people and for the sake of people. This approach has become prevalent among the various museums of the world, but the fundamental point was how to successfully and effectively involve community. A key requirement for sustainability is to improve the social, cultural and economic life of these communities, without sustainable human communities, tourism develoment processes  can not be sustainable. Its aim is to explain the role of museums in involving the community in its policies and programs. The paper utilizes the accessible scientific resources that are related to this topic and  proposes  some recommendations that help implementing that concept effectively in museum`s strategies and policies with mentioning some of the successful experiences and their approaches.