Monday, 25 January 2016

National Museum; National gallery of Modern art; National mission for manuscripts; National museum institute of history of arts,conservation and museology

NATIONAL MUSEUM:

- The National museum was set up in the year 1949.

- It has been functioning as a subordinate office under the ministry of culture since 1960.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART:

- It was founded in 1954 at New Delhi.

- The main aim of the NGMA is the promotion and development of contemporary Indian Art.

NATIONAL MISSION FOR MANUSCRIPTS(NMM):

- The National Mission for manuscripts was launched by the Government in 2003 with the Indira Gandhi National center for Arts (IGNCA) as the nodal agency.

- The primary objective is to reclaim India's inheritance of knowledge contained in the vast treasure of manuscripts.

NATIONAL MUSEUM INSTITUTE OF HISTORY OF ARTS, CONSERVATION AND MUSEOLOGY:

- It was located in New Delhi.

- It is an autonomous organisation fully funded by the ministry of culture. It was declared a Deemed University in 1989.

- This is the only Museum university in India and functioning at the National museum.

- The Director General, National museum, is the ex-officio Vice chancellor of this university.