Museum on wheels to roll into Mumbai’s civic schools
Municipal
school students will no longer have to visit a museum to learn about the
country’s rich heritage and culture. A museum on Wheels will reach every school
and will teach students through a display of artifacts, workshops and
demonstrations.
The
initiative by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS),
formerly known as Prince of Wales museum, the Museum on Wheels will first roll
into NA Sawant municipal school in Colaba on Thursday.
Started
in 2015, the CSMVS Museum on Wheels project is a bus with exhibitions on
different themes that are changed every six months. According to the CSMVS
website, the bus is equipped with display cases for objects, interactive demo
kits, art supplies, audio-visual equipment and digital media such as touch
screens and digital tablets.
Avkash
Jadhav, Shiv Sena corporator and a trustee at CSMVS, said the project is being
introduced for civic schools to inculcate the concept of learning outside
classrooms.
“The
project has already started at private schools. Now, it will include municipal
schools students who do not get to visit museums regularly. The museum will
reach them through the initiative,” said Jadhav.
Jadhav
said that the CSMVS will not charge the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
(BMC) for the initiative. “We will also try to screen documentaries, have talks
and workshops for students through this project.”
The
project will give preference to schools which has a big compound.
Kiran
Dighavkar, assistant commissioner of the A ward (which includes Colaba), said,
“We selected the NA Sawant school as it has space for the huge bus. We will
also check the space available in other schools and take the museum there.’’
Source | Hindustan Times | 7 December 2016
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Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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