Enhancing Cultural Stewardship Through Inclusive Community Engagement in Nigeria Museums

Authors

  • Ofem Ibor Esekpa Department of Public Administration, Faculty Administration and Management Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria Author
  • Offiong Edet Otu Department of Environmental Education (Tourism and Eco-Management), University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria Author
  • Ele Ifiri Egwu Department of Computer Science, Cross River State University, Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria Author

Keywords:

Culture, Stewardship, Inclusiveness, Community Participation, Nigeria Museums

Abstract

Cultural stewardship has over time come to enjoy deserved prominence in the face of community engagement in Nigeria museum. The challenges of providing a cultural sound educational knowledge include poor cultural awareness, lack of trained expertise, poor funding, poor documentation, poor support from government and government interference. In the search of methodology that will provide the basis for generation of museum growth and inclusiveness of participation in advanced technology, increase in interest, tourism exchange and development of acquisition skills. The attainment of this goal is of course, a prior and functional system of museum collobration with local communities through consultation, education, outreach programmes and practice. The paper is a model effect to discuss and describe the various Nigeria communities based on traiffs initiative programmes. The paper concluded that quality research should be carried out amongs professional and interactive learning experience should be promoted in order to enhance community involvement.

 

 

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Published

2025-07-12

How to Cite

Esekpa, O. I., Otu, O. E., & Egwu, E. I. (2025). Enhancing Cultural Stewardship Through Inclusive Community Engagement in Nigeria Museums. International Journal of Sustainability, Disaster and Environmental Management, 1(2), 16-23. https://transglobalpunet.com/index.php/ijsdem/article/view/47