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House Of Sister Nivedita Will Open Soon

Ramkrishna Sarada Mission has completed the renovation work of Sister Nivedita's house at 16A, Bose Para Lane. It is the heritage building which the State Government has taken four years ago and handed over to Ramkrishna Sarada Mission for renovation work. The said house is situated on about 5 kathas of land. The house is renovated in such a way that the rooms remained same as they were used by Sister Nivedita years ago. A museum is being formed there inside the house where the books, things, furniture used by Sister Nivedita will be exhibited for all. Moreover, many information, photos of Sister will be placed there. So many past events occurred in the life of Sister Nivedita will become real by audio-visual effects. On the day of inauguration, a compilation book on life & works of Sister Nivedita will be published there. Moreover, a book on preservation of the house will be published there too.

Indian Museum Would Be More Friendly

To celebrate the 200 years of existence, Indian Museum would get a new look. It'll break the idea of traditional museum and would come with a more visitor-friendly outlook. The authority have some projects to be completed by the year 2013. One of the project is the entire renovation of the buildings. The other projects are: re-open the Harappa gallery with a new look to the visitors, recruitment of guides for the visitors, training programmes relating to the museum, organisation of seminars, re-run of Museum On Wheels, more security arrangements etc. A community named 'Friends Of Indian Museum' already opened on social networking site 'Facebook'. Programmes on quiz, chat etc will broadcast on FM Channel. The official website of Indian Museum will be updated. A 6-months crash course on 'Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies' will be run shortly. Graduates in any stream will be eligible to apply for this course. Course fee only Rs. 1000. No ag...