Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is organizing an Essay Writing Competition (Topic: “Impact of covid-19 on Museums”) and Museum popular lecture Online via Facebook on the occasion of International Museum Day on May 18, 2020. In this Museum Popular Lecture, Prof. Amareshwar Galla, Director, International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership, Anant University, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) will speak on “Ethnographic/ Anthropology Museums: Agencies for Promoting Inclusion and Diversity” from 11 am.
May 18 is celebrated all over the world by museums as International Museum Day. International Committee of Museums (ICOM) selects a theme each year for International Museum Day. This year’s theme is “Museums for Equality: Diversity and Inclusion”. Around the world, museums and the communities are feeling the impact of COVID-19, therefore populations are requested to stay home and large gatherings are prohibited.
Since the outbreak of the corona virus, an estimated 90% of the world’s approximately 60,000 museum institutions which are large and small, public and private, have had to close their doors.
Regardless of size, location or status, museums are facing tough challenges, including protecting their collections, ensuring that staffs are safe and healthy, dealing with financial issues and staying engaged with their public. We as a museum are contributing to our society, proposing innovative ideas and inspiring everyone in this difficult and uncertain time. On this occasion, IGRMS will is organizing, this Essay writing competition is one of them. The topic of this Essay Writing Competition is “Impact of covid-19 on Museums”.
Any citizens of India who are interested to write on this theme are eligible to participate. Essays can be submitted in Hindi or in English Languages.The word limit for the article is 1000-1500 words. The essay should be submitted only in “doc. or .docx” format. The entries can be submitted by May 18 midnight
First, second and third winners will be awarded with cash prize of Rs 3000, Rs 2000 and Rs 1000 respectively with one year honorary membership for “Friends of IGRMS” scheme.
All the participants will be given digital certificates for participation.There is no registration fee. But the participant has to registered him/ herself to Sandeep Sharma, either through phone no. 8817745690 or through email: dirigrms-mp@nic.in They will be provided with a registration number will be provided.