‘Museums as Sites for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage’- Museum Day Seminar Back

As a component of The Eighth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, “Museums as Civic Spaces”, the Museum Day Seminar was hosted by the ICH division of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) on Saturday, 8th August, with the theme ‘Museums as Sites for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage’. The aim of this Seminar was to interrogate the role of museums as sites for safeguarding intangible heritage and come up with a set of six relevant recommendations for the future role of museums. This International conference was organized by the Inclusive museum with collaborations and support from organizations like Ministry of Culture, National Museum, National Science Centre, NGMA, Sanskriti Pratishthan, Aga Khan Trust, INTACH, ICOM, Australian High Commission and British Council.

This seminar was attended by International participants and experts from various Institutes, organisations and universities like College of Charleston, USA, National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan, Tokyo National Museum, Japan, Isik University, Turkey and others. Indian Representatives from Anthropological Survey of India, National Museum, Parliament Museum, IGNCA, Sahapedia, Ambedkar University, Delhi, Maharaja Sayajirao Univeristy of Baroda, NMNH and Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures also attended the seminar. The seminar was a huge success with approximately 45-50 guests/ participants coming together and discussing/deliberating over a set of relevant recommendations for the future role of museums in safeguarding Intangible Heritage of India.