MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, OSOGBO, NIGERIA. SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC BUILDING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TOURISM

Abstract

A Museum is a permanent Establishment administered in the public interest with a view to converse, study, exploit for pleasure and education: objects of cultural and artistic value. The design of such a structure should be appealing to the physiological as well as the psychological aspects of its users. The need of a landmark Museum cannot be over emphasized to arose the cultural consciousness of the people towards their heritage which many seem to have forgotten or neglected. This made developing a sustainable environment that is functionally sound, comfortable and aesthetically appealing an inevitable task. The ideals of a comfortable,functionally pleasing and aesthetically appealing environment in a Museum are mainly emphasized. The design is a proposed Museum of antiquities to be situated along Agric – Oke Osun road, beside the groove to be precise. The site shares boundary with the Osun groove which was listed among the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) world heritage site thus, exploring the tourism potential of the groove in sitting the Museum. The design of the Museum has being achieved by various methodology such as study of some selected Museums in Nigeria and oversea, oral interviews of some of the users and staffs of the museum for case study as well as review of literature on museum planning and design and certain deductions were drawn from a technical perspective. The Museum has 2 temporary exhibition spaces, 4 permanent galleries, 2 enclosed corridor display space, museum auditorium, audio-visual room, library, workshops, office spaces for various apartment such as: works and projects, accounts and finance, monuments, museum education, conservation, photography, documenting and cataloguing, research and training, maintenance exhibition. other paces include: curator's office, assistant curator's office, 1. Secretary's office Director's office conference/board room, team room, storage facilities and 2 courtyards with cultural ventilation lighting. The recommendations and conclusion.