Webinar on Revitalising Museums and Cultural Spaces

Webinar on Revitalising Museums and Cultural Spaces

• On the occasion of International Museum Day, Development of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Ministry of Culture and Government of India made arrangements for a webinar on “Revitalising Museums and Cultural Spaces” on 18 May 2020.

Key Points :

• The webinar showcased best experts in the museum and cultural spaces domain such as the Founder Trustee of Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bengaluru Shri Abhishek Poddar, the President of Kochi Biennale Foundation Shri Bose Krishnamachari, the Founder and CEO of Cuseum Shri Brendan Ciecko, Managing Director(MD) of Teamwork Arts Shi Sanjoy K Roy and CEO of Museums and Cultural Spaces, Ministry of Culture, GoI (Moderator) Shri Raghvendra Singh.

• The main purpose of it was to identify the possible policy actions that would help in alleviating the short and long term effects of the crisis on museums, cultural spaces, and their broader ecosystems.

• Discussion was held on impact, innovations, and post-COVID-19 Virus crisis planning in the context of Museums and cultural spaces.

• The discussion purposed to make a policy paper and get agreement on whatever is practical and feasible.