Museums can act as mediums for global cultural exchange: PM Modi

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that museums are more than just places for youth to visit; they also provide career opportunities and can serve as a conduit for global cultural exchanges.

He stated that the government is constantly working to preserve the country’s rich cultural heritage and to build cultural infrastructure. The Prime Minister stated that the emphasis has been placed on the construction of local and rural museums.

Addressing the inauguration of International Museum Expo 2023 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, the Prime Minister said, “Today’s occasion will bring a huge turning point in the world of museums in India. Museums are not just visiting places for our youth anymore. They are a career opportunity. They can act as the medium of global cultural exchange.”

“Many of our manuscripts and libraries were burnt during the period of slavery, it was a loss not only of India but of the whole world and the whole of mankind,” he added.
PM Modi said that in the Amrit Mahotsav, a new cultural infrastructure is being created along with efforts to preserve India’s heritage.

“In the Amrit Mahotsav, along with preserving India’s heritage, we are also building a new cultural infrastructure. In these efforts of the country, there is also the history of the freedom struggle and there is also a heritage of thousands of years,” he said.

He said that after Independence the right efforts to preserve the country’s heritage were not taken and this led to it led to a lack of awareness among the people.

“Unfortunately, the efforts that should have been made to preserve our heritage after independence could not be done, the lack of awareness among the people about the heritage increased even more… It has been announced that the main thing is pride in our heritage,” said PM Modi.
Adressing the gathering he said that a museum has been built dedicated to the journey and contribution of all the former Prime Ministers of India.

“We have built a PM museum dedicated to the journey and contribution of all the former Prime Ministers of India in Delhi. Today, people from all over the country are coming to the PM Museum to witness India’s development journey after independence,” Modi said.

“We are building 10 special museums to immortalise the contribution of our tribal community in the freedom struggle. This is such a unique initiative in the whole world in which a comprehensive glimpse of tribal diversity is going to be seen,” he added.

The International Museum Expo is being held in conjunction with the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate the 47th International Museum Day (IMD).
This year’s IMD theme is “Museums, Sustainability, and Well-Being.”

The Museum Expo is intended to start a comprehensive conversation about museums with museum professionals, allowing them to evolve as cultural centres that play an important role in India’s cultural diplomacy.

The Prime Minister also unveiled the International Museum Expo’s mascot, a graphic novel titled ‘A Day at the Museum,’ the Directory of Indian Museums, a pocket map of the Kartavya Path, and museum cards.

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