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Celebrations of International Museum day in the Government Museum -
Chennai on
18-5-2005.
On the occasion of the International
Museum Day on May 18th 2005, the Government Museum and Prakriti Foundation,
Chennai jointly organised a Workshop for Children in the age of 10-12 and Special lecture
on " wooden carvings on the Chariots " will be delivered by Dr. Raju Kalidoss,
Professor and Head of the Sculpture Department, Tamil University, Thanjavur on the same
day. The Workshop for Children - Know your Museum was conducted at the Children's Museum,
Government Museum, Egmore , Chennai 8 on 18th May 2005 between 10.00 a.m. and
4.00 p.m. There were a tour of the Galleries, brain games, story telling and mapping.
There are 46 children's from the various Schools in the city participated in the workshop.
Children were divided into groups and taken on tour to the museum galleries where they had
to draw the objects and to identify the exhibits and report back and explain about the
objects. The Valedictory function was held in the evening at 4.00 p.m. The group of
Children's explained about the objects where they had sketched. Thiru. M.A. Siddique,
I.A.S., Director of Museums, gave away the Certificates and prizes to all the Children's.
The Government Museum and Prakriti Foundation, Chennai jointly
organized a Special lecture delivered by Dr. Raju Kalidoss, Head of the Sculpture
Department,
Tamil University, Thanjavur, on "Wooden Carvings on the Chariots " to
commemorate the International Museum Day, on 18th May 2005. Dr. Kalidoss spoke
in detail on various iconographic, structural and statistical features.
"The Chemical
Conservation Section and Research Laboratory" , Government Museum, Chennai is
conducting the 31th Refresher
Course on Care of Museum objects from 1st to 30th June 2005.
Those who are interested may download the
application and send it to the Government Museum, Chennai as mentioned in the
Prospectus - Director of Museums.
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The Education
Section of the Government Museum, Chennai jointly organised the Philately Workshop for School
Students in collaboration with South India Philately Association, Chennai on 24th
January 2005 at 10.30. a.m. in the centenary Exhibition hall Government Museum, Chennai. Thiru
G. Balakrishna Das, President, South India Philately Association, Chennai presided over the
function. Thiru. M.A. Siddique, I.A.S., Director of Museums, Government Museum, Chennai
inaugurated the Philately Workshop. |
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| The Honourable Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu Kalaingar Dr. M. Karunanidhi inspecting the present status of the statue of Kannaki
on 15.6.2006. Thiru. M.A. Siddique, I.A.S., Director of Museums and other officials of the
state look on. It has been since re-erected on its original location. |
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| Children’s Day
Celebrations The
Government Museum, Chennai celebrated Children’s Day - 2004. On this occasion for the
different age group down from L.K.G to +2 Students of Chennai city, Oratorical competition on
4th and 5th and Art competition on 6th November 2004 were conducted at
the Government Museum, Chennai. The valedictory function was held on 24-11-2004. Thiru. M.A.
Siddique, I.A.S., Director of Museums; Thiru T. K.Ramachandran, I.A.S., Projector Director,
Sarva Siksha Abhyan, Chennai presided over and distributed the Prizes to the Winners of the
competitions. Dr. Sarojini Varadappan, President, Indian Red Cross Society, Tamilnadu Chapter
has distributed Certificates to the Students. |
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