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Museums are dynamic spaces where scholarship, practice, and polities intersect, offering a lens to explore materiality, visualization and cultural practices. In South Asia, however, museums have received limited academic attention, despite their rich and complex histories. Rethinking Museum Spaces The S Asian Turu seeks to address this gap by presenting a collection of essays that delve into the bliste practices and evolving roles of museums in the region. From colonial-era institutions to contemporary museum-building initiatives, the book examines how muscums have navigated the challeng representing diverse voices and knowledge systems. It highlights the enduring influence of col frameworks while sh showcasing the innovative ways in which museum spaces have incorporated local narratives and non-Western perspectives. The contributors offer case studies from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Through these diverse studies, the book reveals how museums have become sites of resistance. reinvention and representation, often moving beyond the colonial narrative to create alternative spaces that foreground.community voices and local histories. This volume is an essential resource for scholars, practitioners and students interested in museum studies, cultural heritage and the intersection of history and politics in South Asia. It offers fresh perspectives on the transformative potential of museums to engage with the past and reimagine their role in the Present.