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Delhi, Sep 29: Museums in India largely lack in robust infrastructure of
information technology (IT) even as many of them have employees who are highly
imaginative, going by an intensive workshop in the national capital.
Most
senior officials of museums in the country do not accord deserving importance
to promoting themselves well through the cyber world but the upcoming
generation can alter the situation for good, according to two British trainers
who led a workshop in National Museum (NM) here.
One
thing that museums require urgently is specialists in IT methodology, Carolyn
Royston and Charlotte Sexton inferred last weekend after the end of the two-day
on ‘How To Create A Digital Engagement Programme In Your Museum’ organised by
NM in association with British Council and National Museum Institute (NMI).
“Formulation
of a digital strategy and their effective implementation are vital in the
running of museums in the new age,” pointed out Ms Royston, who currently heads
the digital transformation strand at the Historical Royal Palaces in the UK.
“They should be more into social media, including Twitter and Facebook.”
The September 25-26 workshop was
attended by 40-plus delegates who included
independent curators, consultants and heritage professionals associated
with museums and galleries from north and west India.
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| Participants at the Digital Engagement workshop at the National Museum |
Ms Sexton, who
specialises in transforming the way cultural organisations use digital
technologies to reach, engage and inspire their audiences, said the NM workshop
has proven that India has a “digitally minded” young generation associated with
museology. “We gave them (participants) various exercises that tested their
potential as giving visitors in-gallery digital experience. Most of the results
were excellent,” she added.
The delegates, too, were
excited. “We always knew we should do this and that. Only now could we learn
how we can,” said Shweta Jain of Sanskriti Museum.
Added Tariq Pasha of
International Museum of Toilets: “I now realise that much of what we did in the
digital sphere till date did not have the intended global connect. The NM
sessions helped us a lot.”
Rosy Gupta of
Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum termed the sessions “really stimulating”.
The participants also included
members from National Museum, NMI, Crafts Museum,
Thar Museum, Google Cultural Institute, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu
Sangrahalaya, Aga Khan Development Network, Bid Art Bull Pvt Ltd, University of
Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ambedkar University, Lucknow
Musuem, National Gallery of Modern Art, Akar Prakar, Tasveer and
Mehrangarh Museum Trust besides freelancers.
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