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been built up mainly by purchase and also by gift. The NGMA's important
collections include paintings, sculptures, graphic arts and photographs. It
organizes exhibitions from its collection and under cultural exchange
programme periodically. Several colour reproductions have been brought out.
The objective of NGMA is to help people look at the works of modern art with
understanding and sensitivity.
Indian Museum
The history and the highlights of the Indian Museum the eighth oldest Museum
in the world which houses allmost 1.10 lakhs of artefacts telling the oriental
history and the heritage of India.
The history of the origin and the growth of the Indian Museum is one of
the remarkable events towards the development of heritage and culture of India.
Sir William Jones as one of the profoundest scholars devoted his life to the
service of India founded Asiatic Society in 1784. Dr. Nathanial Wallich, a Danish
Botanist, wrote a letter to the Asiatic Society in which he strongly advocated
the formation of a Museum at the premises of the Society. Thus a museum,
under the guidance of Dr. Nathanial Wallich was established in 1814 at the
cradle of the Asiatic Society. The museum was known in the beginning as the
"Asiatic Society Museum" subsequently came to be known as the "Imperial
Museum" and later familiarized as the "Indian Museum" which is more familiar
by the name "Jadughar" among the visitors. The present building of the Indian
Museum was completed in 1875. Though in the beginning Indian Museum was
opened with two galleries later on it was transformed into a multipurpose
Institution where multi-disciplinary objects have been displayed in its six
sections viz, art, archaeology, anthropology, zoology, geology and botany. The
Museum which was founded on 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society thus
grew into the largest institution of its kind of the country portraying the legacy
and pride of the nation. Since 1878, at its present edifice, Indian Museum has
been rendering its services to the people of India as an epitome of art and culture
of India and is also being highlighted as one of the pioneering national
institutions in the Constitution of the Republic of India.
Indian Museum plays a significant role not only preserving the artefacts
of the Indian heritage but also acts as a catalyst as an interpretation centre of
Indian art heritage to facilitate the audience as a learning centre through its
multicultural activities, which is needed to highlight properly to augmenting
more and more tourist to the region.
National Council of Science Museums
National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous body under
the Ministry of Culture, is the largest network of science centres/museums in
the world functioning under a single administrative control. It is primarily
engaged in spreading the culture of science in the society especially among
students with a motto of 'Communicating Science to Empower People' through
its network of Science Centres spread across India. NCSM is the implementing