Evolution of Museums in Indian Metros

Abstract

During the 9th to 12th centuries of the middle ages of European history, museum stood as the `House of Relics'. Its main function was the preservation and the saturation of relics of saints who played an important role in the political and cultural life of the day. In other words, the relics of the important saint during the middle ages in Europe were the objects of exceptionally intensive the sacral activity governing the political and cultural life of the people. Hence the relic was the key to understand the surrounding world. The Christian Church which relied on the dogmatic religious ideology used these houses of relics for religious purposes and thereby influenced the masses.