New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the International Museum Expo 2023 on May 18 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Here’s all you need to know
- The International Museum Expo is being organised as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to celebrate the 47th International Museum Day (IMD).
- The IMD theme for this year is ‘Museums, Sustainability and Well Being’.
- The Museum Expo is designed to initiate a holistic conversation on Museums with museum professionals to enable them to evolve as cultural centres that play a pivotal role in India’s cultural diplomacy.
- The Museum is a comprehensive effort to highlight and showcase historical events, personalities, ideas and achievements related to India’s past that have contributed to the making of India’s present.
- Prime Minister will also unveil the Mascot of the International Museum Expo, the Graphic Novel – A Day at the Museum, the Directory of Indian Museums, the Pocket Map of Kartavya Path, and Museum Cards.
- The Mascot of the International Museum Expo is a contemporized version of the Dancing Girl made of wood in the Chennapatnam art style.
- The programme will also witness the participation of international delegations from cultural centres and museums from across the world.
(With ANI Inputs)