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UWAHATI: The department of culture and the directorate of museums is on its way to turn the state museum into a national one by introducing
various features to it, including an oil and tea gallery along with a section, which explores North-East India's connection with the rest of South-East Asia.
"Our aim is to not only make it a national museum but also to transform it into a place of discussion and debate," said Swapnanil Barua, secretary culture. The extension work of the state museum and the library is already on with funds allotted by the Centre and the state. "We will have a separate gallery for oil now as everybody can't travel to Digboi to see the oil museum. We will also have a tea gallery and a gallery focusing on our connection with South-East Asia. We already have an arms gallery that will be further worked upon. A section on art history is also in the agenda," said Barua.
He added, "We will have a special section where we will try to exhibit the varied cultural heritage of different states of India. We have nationally acclaimed scholar and art historian Gautam Sengupta, who has advised us on having a special section for art history that will determine Assam's school of art and its influence on its culture." The museum's advisory panel consists of scholars like Naren Kalita and Birendranath Dutta.
The department is also focusing on archeological tourism. "For this, we will have three documentaries which tourists and other people interested in the archeological heritage of Assam can watch during their visit to the museum. After that, they can decide on their travel plans to the different sites of archeological interest in the state," said Barua. He added that the Archeological Survey of India has been working on the Rangghar and Karenghar in Sivasagar since 1915.
UWAHATI: The department of culture and the directorate of museums is on its way to turn the state museum into a national one by introducing
various features to it, including an oil and tea gallery along with a section, which explores North-East India's connection with the rest of South-East Asia.
"Our aim is to not only make it a national museum but also to transform it into a place of discussion and debate," said Swapnanil Barua, secretary culture. The extension work of the state museum and the library is already on with funds allotted by the Centre and the state. "We will have a separate gallery for oil now as everybody can't travel to Digboi to see the oil museum. We will also have a tea gallery and a gallery focusing on our connection with South-East Asia. We already have an arms gallery that will be further worked upon. A section on art history is also in the agenda," said Barua.
He added, "We will have a special section where we will try to exhibit the varied cultural heritage of different states of India. We have nationally acclaimed scholar and art historian Gautam Sengupta, who has advised us on having a special section for art history that will determine Assam's school of art and its influence on its culture." The museum's advisory panel consists of scholars like Naren Kalita and Birendranath Dutta.
The department is also focusing on archeological tourism. "For this, we will have three documentaries which tourists and other people interested in the archeological heritage of Assam can watch during their visit to the museum. After that, they can decide on their travel plans to the different sites of archeological interest in the state," said Barua. He added that the Archeological Survey of India has been working on the Rangghar and Karenghar in Sivasagar since 1915.
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