Curators, administrators of museums and domain experts will gather next week in Delhi for a three-day conclave to foster collaboration between the Centre and states in pursuance of the proposed ‘Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum’ project.
The State Museum Conclave, to be hosted by the Ministry of Culture, will be held from August 1-3 at the Bharat Mandapam where the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) is currently underway.
The upcoming ‘Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum’, billed to be the largest museum in the world, will have eight thematic segments telling the story of India spanning over 5,000 years.
The new museum, to be housed in the North Block and South Block in the heart of the country’s capital, will be spread over 1,54,000 sqm, making it the largest museum in the world.