Annual report - Ministry Of Culture

26 MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
inaugurated the newly designed showcase of wooden
Temple Chariot of 18 th and 19 th century from Tamil
Nadu with toughen glass covering in collaboration
with ONGC, National Cultural Fund and Ministry of
Culture on September 27, 2010
A special Photographic exhibition titled ‘Songs of
Woods’ was organized at Thiruvanantapuram from
December 27-31, 2010 on the occasion of the Indian
Biodiversity Congress 2010.
Gallery of the month Object of the month
• Coins Gallery Punchmarked Coin
August, 2010
• Harappan Gallery Mother Goddess
September, 2010
• Paintings Gallery Krishna and Radha
November, 2010 celebrating
Diwali, Uniara
• Maurya-Sunga Gallery Male Head, Maurya
December, 2010
Educational Activities and Outreach
Programmes
Free guided tours to the galleries, film shows in the
auditorium and special educational tours were arranged
for school and college students in the National
Museum. Free bus facilities were also provided to
MCD and NDMC school students and to the
disadvantageous groups settled at J.J. Clusters.
Gallery Talks were organized on Indian Art for the
public.
Two workshops on Clay modeling were organized for
school children during the World Heritage Week
from November 19-25, 2010.
Two-day Indo-Canadian Symposium on ‘Indigenous
Art, Contemporary Signification’ was jointly organized
by the National Museum Institute and National
Museum on August 9, 2010.
The National Museum is assisting Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalaya for setting up museum corner in their
schools.
The Museum organized workshop on Arts and Crafts
for school children from June 18-28, 2010. To celebrate
the Children’s Day an on the Spot Painting competition
was organized which was inaugurated by Hon’ble
Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of Agriculture, Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on November
14, 2010. Smt. Jaya Chandrasekhar, wife of the
Cabinet Secretary gave away the prizes to the winners
of the painting competition on December 18, 2010.
Besides, The National Museum celebrated International
Museum Day on May 18 and National Museum Day
on December 18, 2010 respectively.
Public Relations
The following facilities were provided for the benefit
of visitors.
• Conducted tour to the galleries for sponsored
groups, Indian and foreign delegations and VIPS;
Supply of photographs and transparencies; Sale
of plaster cast replicas of museum artifacts
and publications through the Sale/Reception
Counter; Photography and filming of art objects,
access to the library, reproduction of art objects
of the National Museum for publications,
calendars and diaries and booking of the
auditorium.
• Till 31 st December, 2010, a total of 1,82,959
visitors had visited the National Museum, of
which 51,760 were Indian, 25,323 were non-
Indian and 1,05,876 were students.
Besides National and International delegates including
VIPs from abroad and India, the following VVIPs
from foreign countries visited the National Museum
under the period of report.