Exhibitions to mark International Museum Day held in JK
The exhibitions were open from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Curator, SPS Museum, Srinagar said that a record number of over 1300 visitors, mainly students, visited the museum. Similarly, around 400 school children had visited Dogra Art Museum, Jammu.
THE INTERNATIONAL Museum Day was observed in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday with the Department of Archives, Archaeology & Museums organising special exhibitions at two major museums of the state in Srinagar and Jammu. The exhibitions drew large number of people, especially the school going children, who evinced keen interest in the objects displayed at the museums. This year’s theme of the International Museum Day was Museum and Memory: Objects Tell Your Story.
Director Archives, Archaeology & Museums, Khalid Bashir Ahmad launched the special exhibition on Terracotta Art of Kashmir at SPS Museum, Srinagar this morning. The objects displayed in the exhibition include finds from different archaeological sites of Kashmir including Hoinar, Letpora, Kotabal, Ushkar, Harwan, Hutmura and Madeen Sahab representing the period from 2nd century A.D. to 17th century A.D. Khalid highlighted the need for creating awareness among public about the rich collection of the State’s museums. He said the exhibitions were aimed at creating this awareness and the special focus this time was the young generation. He urged them to acquaint themselves with the glorious heritage and commit themselves for its preservation.
The SPS Museum is the oldest museum in Jammu & Kashmir established in the year 1898 A.D. The State Government is constructing a magnificent Museum building adjacent to the existing museum. The project is at an advanced stage of completion at a cost of Rs. 30.74 crores.
The exhibition on Painting Art of Jammu was thrown open for public at Dogra Art Museum, Jammu, 300 kms from here in the summer capital of the State. The highlight of the exhibition was the world famous Basohli Paintings. Students of various educational institutions in their school uniforms were allowed free entry to the exhibitions as a measure to generate interest in the youth about their heritage and history. Deputy Directors, M. S. Zahid and Perzada Muhammad Ashraf were also present on this occasion.
The catchphrase of the exhibitions was ‘Visit your Heritage’. A stream of school children from various educational institutions of the two capital cities, accompanied by their teachers, visited the two museums. They were conducted by the staff of the museums and elaborately briefed about the displayed objects. A number of small enthusiastic children said they had visited a museum for the first time and were delighted.
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