Museum week begins
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 07 2015:
Museum Week cum Exhibition on Bamboo Species in Manipur was inaugurated today at the auditorium of Manipur State Museum, here under the aegis of Manipur State Museum, Dept of Art and Culture, Govt of Manipur.
Musicologist Dr L Birendrakumar Singh and Secretary (Art and Culture), K Radhakumar Singh attended the programme as the chief guest and president respectively.
A newsletter of Manipur State Museum and a souvenir of the exhibition and museum week were released during the programme besides opening a gallery.
Dr L Birendrakumar stressed the need to preserve musical instruments of the indigenous people of the State in the museum.
Lauding the efforts of the museum staff, most of them female, in looking after the museum, he urged them to do their best in maintaining the museum in future too.
K Radhakumar said that the Art and Culture Dept would become a major department soon.
The dept would take up more activities soon.
He also expressed strong confidence that the museum week observance and exhibition on bamboo species would pay rich dividends in the development of art and culture of the State.