Page 35 - Mann Ki Baat English(MAY-2023)

opened during the last nine of India mobile app are making
years under the leadership of the museums in India much more
Prime Minister. The Government’s accessible and a medium of
commitment is also reflected cultural exchange.
in the renewed mandate for The existing museum
modernisation and upgradation heritage of India is a doorway to
of existing museums across the remotely experience the various
country with the help of new- episodes and periods of history
age technologies such as 3D and imbibe our centuries-old
projection, augmented/virtual ideas of democracy, bravery,
reality, and artificial intelligence. patriotism, and non-violence,
Technology interfaces, innovative enabling a visitor to expand his
curatorial skills, and imaginative or her horizons. India’s evolution
storytelling are helping convert as a democratic nation, its
India’s traditional museums diversity, and its growth can
from mere display spaces of rarely be experienced in their full
past glory to becoming more fervour, except in places where
interactive and experiential. The one can witness all of them
Ministry of Culture organised a together. Indeed, museums are
first-of-its-kind global summit institutions of the present, built
on ‘Reimagining Museums upon the foundation of past
the idol of Mahishasura Mardini of the freedom movement);
in India’ recently, and the events and holding a torch to
stolen from Gujarat, or the Dandi’s National Salt Satyagraha
learnings from the summit are the future.
Nataraja idols made during Memorial; National War
being incorporated to devise a
the Chola empire, have been Memorial, built to honour and
blueprint for the development of
brought back to India. Along remember soldiers of the Indian
new museums, nurture a renewal
with preserving India’s heritage, Armed Forces who fought in
framework, and reinvigorate
the Government is also creating armed conflicts of independent
existing museums.
new cultural infrastructure India; the Pradhanmantri
Other initiatives, such as
during the ‘Amrit Mahotsav’, Sangrahalaya dedicated to all
conducting the International
some of which include building the former Prime Ministers of the
Museum Expo, building a
10 special museums to country; the National Museum
national digital repository of
immortalise the contributions of Indian cinema, showcasing
museums that provide access
of our tribal community in the Indian cinema’s journey from
to theme-based collections
freedom movement; Biplobi silent films with special effects;
and artefacts, irrespective of
Bharat Gallery at Victoria 75 Science museums in different
the physical and geographical
Memorial Hall, Kolkata that aspirational districts of the
locations of museums, making
displays the contribution of the country; and the upcoming 'Yuge
entry to museums free-of-cost
revolutionaries in the freedom Yugeen Bharat' National Museum
on the occasion of International
struggle and their armed that will trace the continuous
Museums Day, the Mu(See)
resistance to British colonial journey of Indian civilisation.
um hackathon with museum-
rule (an aspect often left out Over a hundred museums
centric problem statements,
of the mainstream narrative have been commissioned and
and the launch of the Museums
30
30 31 31