The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) and other museums of the city under the banner Forum of Museums organised various programmes and activities to mark the International Museum Day on Wednesday.
Marking the day, a colloquium on this year’s theme ‘Museum and Cultural landscapes’ declared by ICOM was held. The colloquium was chaired by Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri, Director, IGRMS. In the colloquium officials from all the departments of IGRMS participate and contributed by sharing thoughts and ideas. Speaking on this year’s theme by ICOM ‘Museum and Cultural landscapes’, Prof. Chaudhuri said in address “Museum has been working as per this theme from past four decades. We are happy that International Community for Museums has recognized it”. He gave examples of various landscapes and said “Communities can play important roles at these places. When we implement the ideas shared by officials, those ideas will definitely help the said communities and lots of landscapes will be preserved automatically”.
In the evening, under Museum Popular lecture, Professor of Asian Architecture, Cardiff University, UK, Prof. Adam Hardy, spoke on ‘Temples, Templates, Texts : From Ashapuri to Bhojpur’. The lecture was chaired by Director, IGRMS Prof Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri. Prof Hardy was welcomed by ean, Academic Affairs, SPA Bhopal Prof Ajay Khare. Prof Hardy in his lecture explained the form, composition and typologies of Indian Temples. He demonstrated his rigorous studies on traditional texts such as ‘Samarangana sutradhara’ with case examples of Bhojpur & Ashapuri. On this occasion large number of audience and scholars Of Architecture, History and Anthropology was present.
Prof. Hardy been studying Indian temple architecture for 35 years, and is author of numerous publications on the subject. Since 1996 he has been Director of the research centre PRASADA (Practice, Research and Advancement in South Asian Design and Architecture)
On May 20 a quiz on ‘Cultural heritages of Bhopal’ will be organised from 3.30 pm at Avritti Bhawan, IGRMS. The interested people can register themselves with Publication Officer Sudhir Shrivastava on mobile number 9617087456.