New Horizons for Asian Museums and Museology

1. Introduction: Twenty-Year of International Cooperation for Museums and Museology
Naoko Sonoda

Part I. Asian Museums Today

2. Museums in Myanmar: Brief History and Actual Perspectives
Nu Mra Zan

3. The Current Status of Mongolia’s Museums: Changes Taking Place in the Practical Activities of Museums Since the 1990s
Ichinkhorloo Lkhagvasuren

4. Policies for National Museum Management: Solutions and Development
Jarunee Incherdchai

Part II. Museums in the Info-Age

5. The Creation of a Registration and Information Database for Cultural Heritage in Mongolia
Galbadrakh Enkhbat

6. Rewiring Museum Information: Mobile and Cloud
Atsushi Nobayashi

7. Managing and Analyzing Museum Environmental Data
Naoko Sonoda

Part III. Balance Between Conservation and Access for Museums

8. Exhibition, Conservation, and Documentation at the National Museum (Nay Pyi Taw)
Aye Aye Thinn

9. Conservation Science Research at the Museum: Development of Carbon Dioxide Treatment for Museum Collection
Shingo Hidaka

Part IV. Museums and Local Communities

10. The Situation of Community Museums in the North of Thailand
Nitaya Kanokmongkol

11. Interactive Museum Activities That Provide Venues for Innovation: Case Studies from the Lake Biwa Museum
Taisuke Ohtsuka

12. Museums as Hubs for Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding Communities
Isao Hayashi

Part V. Museums and International Cooperation

13. JICA’s Cooperation in Museum Construction and Capacity Building of Human Resources
Shinichi Yoshihara

14. Museums and Community Development: With Special Reference to Zambian Cases
Kenji Yoshida

Part VI. Afterword

15. Twenty-Year of Cooperation
Tsuneyuki Morita

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology