NATIONAL MISSION ON MONUMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES
- The National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities was launched on 19th March, 2007. It prepares a National Register for Built Heritage, Sites and Antiques and setting up of a State level database on Built Heritage, Sites and Antiquarian wealth for information and dissemination to planners, researchers etc., and better management of such cultural resources.
- The time frame prescribed for the NMMA to accomplish its mandate was five years.
NATIONAL MISSION FOR MANUSCRIPTS (NMM)
- It was launched by the Government in 2003 with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) as the nodal agency to reclaim India’s inheritance of knowledge contained in the vast treasure of manuscripts.
- There are 46 Manuscripts Resource Centres, 33 Manuscripts Conservation Centres, 42 Manuscripts Partner Centres and 300 Manuscripts Conservation Partner Centres.
- Major activities of the NMM are documentation of manuscripts through survey, preventive and curative conservation, conducting training courses and workshops.
NATIONAL MUSEUM
- The National Museum, functions as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Culture since 1960, houses over 26 lakh art objects dating from prehistoric era onwards.
- The main activities of the Museum are as follows: Exhibitions, Reorganisation / Modernisation of Galleries, Educational Activities and Outreach Programmes, Public Relations, Publications, Photo Documentation, Memorial Lectures, Museum Corner, Photo Unit, Modelling Unit, Library, Conservation Laboratory, and Workshops.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
- The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi was founded in 1954 to promote and develop contemporary Indian Art.
- NGMA has 17858 works of art, representing about 1748 contemporary Indian artists.
- The NGMA’s important collections include paintings, sculptures, graphic arts and photographs.
- Objective of NGMA is to help people look at works of modern art with understanding.
- The other important museums are: Indian Museum, Victoria Memorial Hall, Salarjung Museum and National Council of Science Museum.
