Lok Sabha Question No. 169 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Renewal of Indian Museums
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *169 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.3.2022

## RENEWAL OF INDIAN MUSEUMS

## * 169.  SHRI  RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

## SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  any  strategic  partnerships  between  Indian  and  Global museums in order to draw a masterplan for renewal of Indian museums to make them truly worldclass;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of museums in India along with the share of funds received by the States to develop museums, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has organised any Global Summits on the creation of a blueprint for the development  of  new  museums,  or  to  nurture  a  renewal  framework,  or  to  reinvigorate  existing museums in India; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN

## REGION

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the table of the House

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. * 169 FOR REPLY ON 14.3.2022

(a) & (b):  As of now, there is no strategic partnership between Indian and Global museums. However,  museums  under  Ministry  of  Culture  namely  National  Museum,  New  Delhi; National Gallery of Modern Arts, New Delhi; Indian Museum, Kolkata; Victoria Memorial Hall,  Kolkata  and  National  Council  for  Science  Museum,  Kolkata  have  entered  into one-to-one  collaboration  with  some  International  museums  for  the  purpose  of  training, research, exhibition, curatorial works, etc. The details of one to one collaboration by these museums is at Annexure-I.

(c):  State-wise details of financial assistance provided by Ministry of Culture under Museum Grant  Scheme and Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science during last five years are enclosed at Annexure-II & Annexure-III respectively .

(d)  & (e):   Under  the aegis  of Azadi  ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture organized a two day online event titled ' Reimagining Museums in India: A Global Summit' on 15 th -16 th February 2022 to explore the themes of Architecture and Functional Needs; Management; Collections (including Curation &  Conservation practices); Education and Audience Engagement. The Summit brought together domain experts and practitioners in the field of museum  development  and  management  from  India  and  abroad  to  discuss  global  best practices. The Summit had participation of 29 Speakers from various countries. Approximately 3000 delegates registered to attend this Summit.

## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.169  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  14.3.2022  REGARDING  'RENEWAL  OF  INDIAN MUSEUMS'

## Details of one to one collaboration in the field of training, research, exhibition, etc by various Museums under Ministry of Culture

## 1. National Museum, New Delhi

National Museum has from time to time signed MoU with various foreign museums for mutual  exhibitions  and  cooperation  pertaining  to  exhibitions,  curatorial,  research  and conservation work, etc.  Some of such MoUs are:-

- i. Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan, China
- ii. Bangabandhu National Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- iii. In addition, a Memorandum of Understanding regarding cooperation between the National  Museum,  the  National  Gallery  of  Modern  Art,  the  Indian  Museum Kolkata, the Prussian Cultural heritage Foundation and the Stiftung Humboldt im Berliner  Schloss  was  signed  between  Government  of  India  &  Government  of Germany on 01.11.2019.

## 2.   National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi

During the last five years, NGMA has participated in art expositions that include major international events such as BRICS, SAARC etc. NGMA had participated in one of the oldest  and  biggest  art  Biennale,  the  'Venice  Biennale'  in  May  2019.   It  also  hosts  a number  of  important  international  art  exhibitions  at  its  temporary  exhibition  gallery, which contributes significantly to the global art scene.  Since 2016, some of the incoming exhibitions are with art galleries/museums/cultural institutions of Australia, Israel, Italy, France,  South  Korea,  Slovenia  and  outgoing  exhibitions  at  art  galleries/museums  in Portugal  and  China.  The  exhibitions  are  organised  under  the  auspices  of the Cultural Exchange Programme.

## 3. Indian Museum, Kolkata

Indian  Museum  had  entered  into  a  partnership  with  Goethe  Institute/  Max  Mueller Bhavan,  Kolkata  and  jointly  developed  an  exhibition  titled  'Responding  to  Bauhaus Imaginista- Collected Research at the Indian Museum'. This exhibition was opened on

21st  November,  2021  and  shall  continue  till  31st  March  2022.  Similar  collaborative photographic exhibition is also being planned with the French Embassy/Institut Francais, as part of the 4th edition of Bonjour India from 28 th May to 28th June 2022.

## 4. Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

- i. A  partnership  with  the  Royal  Albert  Memorial  Museum  in  Exeter,  UK,  for  a collaborative research and exhibition project on the natural history of nineteenthcentury India (since 2018)
- ii. A  partnership  with  the  University  of  Chicago  Global  Archiving  Project  for creating an online archive of the music of Indian nationalism (since 2020)
- iii. A partnership with the Natural History Museum, London, titled 'Young Minds for a  Compassionate World', for training students of the age  group 15-26 in nature photography and then doing an exhibition in November-December 2022.

## 5.  National Council of Science Museum (NCSM), Kolkata

National  Council  of  Science  Museum  has  entered  into  a  partnership  with  Science Museum Group, London for developing an exhibition titled 'Hunt for the Vaccine'.  This exhibition is being jointly developed by Science Museum Group, London and NCSM and shall be launched in India in November 2022.  It may be also appropriate to mention that under  similar  collaboration  with  Science  Museum  Group  London,  an  exhibition  titled 'Superbugs:  The  End  of  Antibiotics?'  was  launched  in  September  2019  at  National Science Centre, Delhi and the exhibition subsequently travelled to NCSM units located at Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata.

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.169 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 14.3.2022 REGARDING 'RENEWAL OF INDIAN MUSEUMS'

## State-wise details of the fund released by Ministry of Culture under the Museum Grant Scheme during the last five years (2016-17 to 2020-21)

|   Sl. No. | State/UT          |   No. of Museums |   Amount released by Ministry (Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                2 |                                      960     |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                4 |                                      379.052 |
|         3 | Assam             |                1 |                                       18.22  |
|         6 | Goa               |                1 |                                      300     |
|         7 | Gujarat           |                2 |                                      268.72  |
|         8 | Haryana           |                2 |                                       87.844 |
|        11 | Karnataka         |                3 |                                      592.8   |
|        12 | Kerala            |                6 |                                      645.956 |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                1 |                                       50.68  |
|        14 | Maharashtra       |                3 |                                      450.35  |
|        15 | Manipur           |                5 |                                      518.09  |
|        17 | Mizoram           |                2 |                                      438.61  |
|        18 | Nagaland          |               13 |                                     4534.25  |
|        19 | Odisha            |                2 |                                      232.56  |
|        20 | Punjab            |                1 |                                      305.58  |
|        21 | Rajasthan         |                5 |                                     1052.31  |
|        22 | Sikkim            |                1 |                                      500     |

|   23. | Tamil Nadu          |   8 |   1414.73 |
|-------|---------------------|-----|-----------|
|    26 | Uttar Pradesh       |   7 |   1274.15 |
|    27 | Uttarakhand         |   4 |    730.73 |
|    28 | West Bengal         |  11 |   1196.6  |
|    29 | Jammu &Kashmir (UT) |   1 |      4.8  |
|    30 | Ladakh (UT)         |   1 |    217.52 |
|    33 | NCT of Delhi        |   2 |    191.28 |

## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.169  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  14.3.2022  REGARDING  'RENEWAL  OF INDIAN MUSEUMS'

## State wise details of the fund released by Ministry of Culture under Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS) during the last 5 year (2016-17 to 2020-21)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | No. of Science Centres/Science Cities   |   Amount released by Ministry (Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1         | West Bengal      | 1                                       |                                      3901.91 |
| 2         | Bihar            | 1                                       |                                       251    |
| 3         | Odisha           | 1                                       |                                       172.35 |
| 4         | Andhra Pradesh   | 1                                       |                                       277.82 |
| 5         | Kerala           | 1                                       |                                       527.84 |
| 6         | Assam            | 2                                       |                                      2371.26 |
| 7         | Tripura          | 1                                       |                                       413.22 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh | 1                                       |                                       644.65 |
| 9         | Andaman          | 1                                       |                                        12.18 |
| 10        | Rajasthan        | 1                                       |                                       252.85 |
| 11        | Uttarakhand      | 1                                       |                                       215.65 |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh   | 1                                       |                                         6.27 |
| Total     | Total            | Total                                   |                                      9047    |