National Museum

India, France discuss 'next steps' to build new national museum in Delhi

The new museum, to be housed in the North Block and South Block in the heart of the country's capital, will cover an area of 1.17 lakh sqm with 950 rooms spread over a basement and three storeys

World's largest museum to come up in Delhi; here is all you need to know

Spread across 117,000 sq metres, the Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum will have eight thematic segments, showcasing the story of India spanning across 5,000 years

Centre planning to set up National Public Health Museum soon: Report

In the project, the ministry of health is expected to collaborate with the ministry of culture

ASI should come up with substantive criteria: EAC on national monuments

The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has suggested that the government should come up with substantive criteria and a detailed procedure for declaring monuments to be of national importance. In a report titled 'Monuments of National Importance - Urgent Need for Rationalisation', the EAC-PM pointed out that expenditure on the conservation and maintenance of monuments of national importance is inadequate. "Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) should come up with substantive criteria and a detailed procedure for declaring monuments to be of national importance. "It also should publish a book of notifications with detailed information about the provenance of all Monuments of National Importance (MNI)," the report said. India currently has 3,695 MNI that are under the protection of ASI. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR Act), 1958, (amended in 2010) provides for the declaration and conservation of ancient and historical monumen

How India dressed up: National Museum recreates saga from old manuscripts

The 'Chitram Vastram' exhibition held in the National Museum here, records the journey of the Indian textile industry and sartorial styles through Jain manuscript paintings

Seven reasons why Central Vista project is all wrong in its present form

Besides other flaws, why should such a project be executed in the midst of a pandemic when every rupee that can be spared should go into improving India's medical capabilities, wonders T N Ninan

Air India's collection of art and memorabilia goes on exhibition

The exhibition titled 'Maharaja of the Skies - An Indian Heritage' is being organised by the Society for Culture and Environment at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai

New national museum in Mumbai chronicles India's filmmaking, histories

The idea began around 2003, and after several false starts, has worked its way slowly out of red tape