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Museums are not specified repositories of antiquities, but they besides service arsenic a reminder of improvement that has taken spot successful a nine implicit the years, said Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation(APTDC) president Nookasani Balaji.
Speaking during a programme organised to observe International Museum Day, astatine Bapu Museum successful Vijayawada connected May 18, Monday, the APTDC president pointed retired that museums are taste centres that link the contiguous with the past, and service arsenic a cardinal relation successful preserving the past and practice for aboriginal generations.
The NTR territory medication successful collaboration with the tourism and archaeological departments, Ratan Tata Innovation Hub, INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) and different taste organisations person planned a slew of activities to observe the occasion.
Along with Mr. Nookasani Balaji, NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha, A.P. State Creative and Culture Commission chairperson Tejaswi Podapati, Commissioner of Archaeology and Museums P. Suresh besides participated successful the programmes.
After paying floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and nationalist emblem decorator Pingali Venkayya and different state fighters, Mr. Nookasani Balaji said that the younker indispensable larn astir the country’s past and heritage, alternatively of solely focussing connected exams.
District Collector listed the activities organised to people the occasion. In summation to competitions specified arsenic ‘Heritage connected Canvas,’ ‘My City Stories,’ ‘Heritage Quiz,’ and ‘Heritage Photography,’ peculiar guided tours and laser shows were organised astatine the Bapu Museum to marque visitors recognize their individuality and history, helium said.
Many radical visited the 7 galleries astatine the depository that featured Jain, Buddhist, and Hindu sculptures, artifacts from the pre- and early-historical epoch coins, inscriptions, and medieval creator perspectives.
