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A brainstorming session for organising the 2nd edition of the International Museum Expo scheduled to be held at Science City, Kolkata, on 18-19 May, took place at Science City on Wednesday.
Mugdha Sinha, joint secretary, ministry of culture chaired the session in the presence of A D Choudhury, DG, NCSM, S Kumar, DDG, NCSM; S Chaudhuri, director, Birla Industrial and Technological Museum and others.
“After the grand success of the first edition of the International Museum Expo 2023 in New Delhi, it was decided to organise the second edition at Science City, Kolkata, with a focus on science museums,” said Mugdha Sinha. She further added, “The broad theme for the expo will be ‘Museums for Education and Research” with several sub-themes. The idea of this International Museum Expo is to bring together museum professionals, private companies, start-ups, creative minds, architects, IT professionals, etc. who contribute to the development of museums in different capacities for the exchange of ideas, networking, infotainment, and peer-to-peer interaction and learning with each other.”
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The Expo will have exhibitions on various themes, keynote addresses, parallel sessions, panel discussions, presentations by science museum professionals from across the world, master classes by experts in the field, various activities, science demonstrations, a market place for start-ups and innovators, a special exhibition on innovation, a special corner for Indian women in STEM, etc. Apart from these, international science museums and science museum professionals will be invited to attend this expo,” said Mr Kumar, director, Science City.
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