Wonders in Indian Museums

India present many wonders in its Museums. In Indian context Museum are more about tourism and yes they have to be that way to earn enough money to run healthy management. Wonders are scattered around the India which should be known so here I am presenting few of the great wonders in India.

Vase form City Palace Museum,
Jaipur, Rajasthan

Rajasthan present very rich culture. Museum in Rajasthan present very precious collection from Royal families. City Palace Museum has two Silver Vases, consider as a largest vases in the world.

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Built to match the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this museum is 

an amazing amalgam of antiquity and modernity. Mir Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III, 

is believed to be the chief architect of this magnificent congeries of art.

It is said this museum has the largest one-man collection of the world. 

The museum displays 35,000 exhibits drawn from the four corners of 

the world including wood carvings, sculptures, religious objects, 

Persian miniature paintings, illuminated manuscripts, armour and weaponry 

and clothing of the Mughal emperors and Tipu Sultan.

We have Six mummies around the India in Museums like

Indian Museum, Kolkata

Albert Hall, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Hyderabad state Museum, Hyderabad

Video, Mummy, Jaipur Museum, Rajasthan, India

Video, Mummy, Jaipur Museum, Rajasthan, India

Hindus laud British Museum for extensive Hindu collection

Hindus have applauded British Museum (BM) in London for its sizeable collection of Hindu art and artifacts.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended the Museum for providing opportunity to the world to further explore Hinduism and its concepts. BM has developed a touring exhibition titled "India: the Art of the Temple" in collaboration with Victoria and Albert Museum, which was on display at Shanghai Museum in China from August four to November 15 this year.

Indian Summer at Kew gardens,
A collection with British Museum

Various Hinduism focused sculptures in BM's collection include: Chamunda, Garuda, Harihara, Vishnu, Shiva, Durga, Saptamatrika, Shiva-Parvati and their children, Hindu temple, Shakti-Ganesha, Shivalinga, Brahma, Varaha with Bhu, Skanda, Vishnu with Bhu and Shri, Shiva as Lingodbhava, Narasimha, Vishnu on naga throne, Ganesha on his rat vehicle, Umamaheshvara, Sarasvati, Hindu goddess, Lakulisha, Nataraja, dvarpala of Hindu temple, Dakshinamurti, Surya, Kichijoten, ratha model, Matsya, etc.

It also has gold Ramatanka charm, Tantric yantra, bell with bull finial, Hindu temple doorjamb, carved and painted figure of Vishnu riding Garuda, copper plate with ten-armed figure of the Shiva, painting of king worshipping Krishna, etc. ooks titled Hindu Art, Hindu Myths, Hindu Visions of the Sacred; Siva book and DVD; painting of Shiva and Parvati seated on terrace, etc., have also been brought out by BM for sale.

Indian summer:

 54 paintings from the royal court

 of the Indian Maharajas will be

 unveiled at the British Museum

 Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that art had a long and rich tradition in Hinduism and ancient Sanskrit literature talked about religious paintings of deities on wood or cloth.Rajan Zed urged major art museums of the world, including Musee du Louvre and Musee d'Orsay of Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Los Angeles Getty Center, Uffizi Gallery of Florence (Italy), Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Modern of London, Prado Museum of Madrid, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, etc., to acquire more Hindu art in their collections and frequently organize Hindu art focused exhibitions, thus sharing the rich Hindu art heritage with the rest of the world.

South Indian Painting at British Museum

Founded in 1753, BM's collection includes about eight million objects with oldest being a stone chopping tool nearly two million years old. Housed in a building of the size of nine football pitches, it gets about six million visitors annually. Robert Neil MacGregor is the Director, while Niall FitzGerald is Chair of Board of Trustees, where Professor Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is a Board Member.

Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.

Some Important Museums and Links

http://www.indianmuseumkolkata.org/
http://www.salarjungmuseum.in/home.asp
http://www.igrms.com/
http://www.themuseummumbai.com/
http://nmi.gov.in/
http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/
http://www.nmnh.nic.in/
http://www.nscdelhi.org/
http://www.nmnh.nic.in/mysore.htm
http://www.nmnh.nic.in/bhopal.htm
http://www.nmnh.nic.in/Bhubaneswar.htm
http://www.nmnh.nic.in/SMadhopur.htm

Museum & Interactive Education

Education through Museum is very new concept in India. There are number of Museums who are working in this area but still they need to work out more on it. When we talk abut interactive than in Indian context Museums go for digital displays like touch screens, audio guides and similar kind of things. Digital media has his own role in Museum Education but Museums should also include there own Museum artifacts. Museums provide Informal and Non formal education.You must also know about edutainment  (education + entertainment). Here i am presenting some of very famous methods of teaching for interactive displays....

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Accessibility for all


THE BOB BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM RECEIVES FIRST DECAL


(Austin) - The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), in conjunction with the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities (GCPD), announces the release of a new "Access for All" decal showcasing facility access.


"These decals provide businesses an opportunity to set out a disability friendly 'welcome mat' to customers and employees," said William Kuntz, Executive Director of TDLR. "The Bullock Museum is a model of accessible design and construction, and the State Preservation Board should be commended for assuring that the Story of Texas is accessible to everyone."


"By utilizing this new opportunity to publicly display accessibility to customers with disabilities, Texas businesses will more readily market to this significant portion of the population. The Governor's Committee encourages restaurants, hotels, and other businesses to comply with state accessibility laws and benefit from displaying this decal," said James L. Caldwell, Chairman of the Governor's Committee



The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum received the first decal for accessible design and construction. These features include accessible theater seating, lowered counters, exhibit label panels, exhibit interactives, parking, restrooms, water fountains and more. "Each day visitors enjoy the access features of our Museum including touchable facades and surfaces, large caption exhibit texts, and wheelchair seating," said Lynn Denton, Museum Director.
This colorful decal shows the international symbol of accessibility on a gradual ramp with the shape of Texas and a partial star in the background. The 4x4 decal prominently displays the words Access for All.




Dioramas in Museums

this is a picture from the Center Fort Macleod Alberta, Canada. this is a interactive display known as diorama. Dioramas are basically The word diorama can either refer to a nineteenth century mobile theater device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle modeling, miniature figure modeling or aircraft modeling

The modern diorama

The current, popular understanding of the term “diorama” denotes a partially three-dimensional, full-size replica or scale model of a landscape typically showing historical events, nature scenes or cityscapes, for purposes of education or entertainment.
Miniature dioramas are typically much smaller, and use scale models and landscaping to create historical or fictional scenes

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