(i) Why does the National Museum in Delhi fail to attract a large number of people ?
(ii) What does the National Museum exhibit ?
(iii) What are the obstacles in the way of reformation of the museum ?
(iv) Why does the Museum look like a fortress?
(v) What do the museum authorities have to do to make changes or reforms ?
Answers
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i) Museums make up to 90% of the roughly 1000 museums in India. They are also banned from private partnership with any private individuals or organisations. They have to depend on Central funding even for day-to-day operations.
ii) The collections of the National Museum represents almost all disciplines of art: Archaeology (Sculptures in Stone, Bronze & Terracota), Arms, Armour, Decorative Arts, Jewellery, Manuscripts, Miniatures and Tanjore Paintings, Textiles, Numismatics, Epigraphy, Central Asian Antiquities, Anthropology, Pre-Columbian .
iii) Not surprisingly, follies like this are commonly cited as examples of how archaic practices persist in education. Yet focusing on these absurd examples to score some easy points -- as is typical in the education debate -- obscures the larger, far more serious systemic problems that underlie them.
iv) The Louvre is the world's largest museum and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history. It is one of the Paris biggest tourist attractions.
v) This was at India’s oldest museum, which turned 200 last year. But the dismal state of museums, especially government ones, is no secret. In 2011, UNESCO published a scathing report on the appalling conditions at India’s top eight museums, citing sub-standard maintenance, lighting and signage, among other issues. But at the core are deep-rooted issues of archaic policies, lack of autonomy, and no skilled manpower. Our excellent collections are proof of a rich socio-cultural history, but when museums act as mere closed-door guardians of treasures instead of disseminating them, attractively and intelligently, to a wide audience, they lose their purpose.