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President lays foundation stone of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum, Phase –II

President lays foundation stone of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum, Phase –II

India Blooms News Service | | 08 Oct 2014, 01:23 am
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum, Phase-II.

Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu was present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said history comes alive through emotional involvement of visitors with the objects, personalities and events of importance.

Mukherjee expressed the hope that the Museum, once opened will become an important landmark and destination for historians, researchers, students and the public.

The Museum will showcase past, current and future Presidencies as well as life in Rashtrapati Bhavan, its ceremonies and rich flora and fauna.

It is being built conserving a heritage structure which previously housed ‘Garages’ of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. It is expected that the new museum will be dedicated to the nation by October 2016.

The Museum will have a built-up area of about 10,000 sqm. and will compliment the architecture of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The objectives and scope of the museum include: preservation of historic objects, paintings, photographs and documents relating to the socio-economic-political events originating from Rashtrapati Bhavan; intensive and continuing research for unraveling new information and providing new interpretation for enriching the museum and archives and presentation and communication through the most modern, imaginative and interactive techniques to provide an authentic, interesting, exciting and moving sense of history of Rashtrapati Bhavan and related events.

The President’s Secretariat has set up an Advisory Committee of professionals in the field of Museum and Architectural conservation for designing and setting up this new Museum.
 

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