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Topic: Museums

US ambassador to inaugurate ‘Hump WWII’ museum in Arunachal showing unique aircraft remnants

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti will inaugurate the museum at Pasighat Wednesday. The route was known as 'The Hump' because of the altitude of the Eastern Himalayas.

Sitharaman lays foundation stone for ‘Iconic Site Museum’ at ancient burial site in Tamil Nadu

Museum to come up at Adichanallur, about 1 km from the site where toughened glass has been used to cover trenches, displaying excavation in situ.

Belgium’s AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past—but the country is confronting this history

The AfricaMuseum’s forerunner was initiated in 1897 by the Belgian king Leopold II, a colonial ‘human zoo’ within the Brussels World’s Fair.

A torn petticoat, Phulkari, art — Delhi’s Partition Museum pays poignant homage to displaced lives

The soon-to-be-opened Partition Museum, set in Delhi’s Dara Shikoh Library, tells stories of pain, hope, and courage through artefacts, photos, letters, and oral histories.

Mumbai meets Van Gogh 360—’lovely’, ‘gimmicky’, ‘underwhelming’, ‘powerpoint’

Van Gogh 360° is an immersive 3D exhibition of 300 paintings of the 19th century Dutch artist that has made its India debut with its first stop in Mumbai.

‘Story of ignited minds, history and innovation’ — Bengaluru gets new tech & innovation museum

The museum, a Karnataka govt project, is still in planning stage. It will cover Bengaluru’s journey from an important commercial hub in 16th century to an IT centre in the 21st. 

Surgical strike, Article 370, DeMo — all this & more at PM museum’s upcoming Modi gallery

Gallery will be open for public viewing in January 2023. Other major decisions to find place are abolition of triple talaq, construction of Ram temple, & handling of Covid.

9 cameras on you, empty boxes and a Little Red Book—The Tibet Museum in India is must-visit

From witness paintings to sampa-grinders, the Tibet Museum in McLeod Ganj is the clearest example of ‘the personal is the political’.

Net-zero Picasso— museums are now rethinking art shows to cut climate impact

European galleries are reducing carbon emissions by recycling exhibition sets, extending the length of shows and scaling back on overseas loans of artworks.

‘Immersive’ look at 1998 Pokhran test, Emergency — new museum shows highs & lows of 13 past PMs

PM Modi inaugurated Rs 271 crore the Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya — Museum of Prime Ministers — Thursday. Exhibits range from civil nuclear agreement and Pokhran, to Bofors and Emergency.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.