Museums act as great repository of our past. But are they only meant to preserve the past for the present, or the present for the future? Or are they also meant to anticipate future for us, as is evident from various futuristic museums related to science and discovery of human knowledge. The present book takes up all these issues in an easy-to-understand, and non-technical language to present an overview of the various dimensions, facets, role and contribution of Museums in India, Mahua Chakrabarti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Museology. University of Calcutta. Awarded the gold medal for ranking first in order of merit in M.A. in Museology, University of Calcutta, she has been engaged in researches in the field of Museology as well as lndian art history for the last two decades. Author and editor of a number of books on Museology published from India and abroad, she has also guided researches on various aspects of Museology, archaeology and Indian art history,