International Museum Day: National Gallery of Modern Art to host special programs
The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi is organizing a number of educational activities and programs to celebrate International Museum Day (May 18). The programs will be based on the theme 'Power of Museums’, which is International Museum Day's theme this year.
Every year since 1977, International Council of Museums (ICOM) has been organizing an International Museum Day (IMD) representing a unique event for the international museum community. The objective of the IMD is to raise awareness of the role that museums play as an ‘important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.’
The Planned Events
The National Gallery of Modern Art will run the programs during the weeklong celebrations from May 16–20. Union Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy will inaugurate the two seminal exhibitions focusing on the modern masters of Indian art titled, Hastantaran and Kshetragya on May 18.
While the exhibition Hastantaran invites the viewer to the artistic and spiritual journey of Nandalal Bose (1882- 1966) traversing through different mediums, murals to lithographs, and panel paintings done for the Haripura session of Congress; Kshetragya celebrates the Navratnas of India’s national art treasures, with a special focus on the artistic interventions of Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinkar Baij.
In addition to this, a series of guided walkthroughs and art workshops based on the art of Jamini Roy and Amrita Sher-Gil will also be hosted. Further, 'Night at the Museum' will be organized for underprivileged children during the extended visiting hours of the museum in the evening with 3D projection mapping.
To mark the cultural exchange program between India and Brazil, an exhibition titled, Brasilia and the construction of Modern Brazil is being hosted at the Museum. In addition to these events, cultural performances, photo booths, and other such programs/events and facilities are being hosted at the National Gallery of Modern Art.
As part of the celebrations, the museum will remain open for extended hours and no entry fee will be charged to the visitors from May 16 to 20, 2022.
Events at National Museum, Delhi
The National Museum, New Delhi is also celebrating International Museum Day 2022 from May 16 to 20. To do so, the Museum has planned special live performances every evening in the National Museum Auditorium. Furthermore, it is also offering a mixed bag of online and offline activities and events, designed for both young and adults, during the week-long celebrations.
The line-up of activities includes the Teachers’ Training workshop in collaboration with CCRT, Dwarka; Mata Sundari College, Delhi, and the Indian Culture portal. There would also be a one-day Museum Educators’ meet which would see the participation of various central and state government museums across Delhi.
The Museum is collaborating with the Heritage Lab, Flow India, Access for All, and ‘Heritage for the Educators’ meet. The Educators’ Meet has been conceptualized to bring government museum educators together on one platform to share and discuss opportunities, challenges, and achievable solutions.
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