INDIAN MUSEUM, KOLKATA
on the occasion of the 191st anniversary of the Indian Museum is organising
a two-day National Seminar on
EAST AND NORTH-EAST INDIAN ART
FROM THE EARLY TIMES TO THE END OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
from Wednesday, 2nd February, 2005 at 10.30 a.m. at the Indian Museum Exhibition Hall
Dr. Pratap Chandra Chunder
Ex-Union Minister, Education and Social Welfare
has kindly consented to inaugurate the seminar
Prof. Bratindra Nath Mukherjee
Formerly Carmichael Professor, Deptt. of AIHC, Calcutta University
and eminent Indologist will preside
Shri Sobha Brahma
Eminent Artist and Vice-Chairman, Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, Assam
will grace the occasion as Chief Guest
Shri Ramananda Bandyopadhayay
Eminent Artist will be the Guest of Honour
Dr. Asok K Bhattacharyya
Eminent Art Historian and Indologist will deliver the keynote address
 
 

The new Indian Painting Gallery was inaugurated on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 3.45 p.m. on the 1st floor of the INDIAN MUSEUM, KOLKATA by famous sculptor Sri Chintamoni Kar. Dr. Pratap Chandra Chunder, ex-Union Minister, Education and Social Welfare graced the occasion as Guest in chief. Many great personalities from the world of art and museology were also present.

On this occasion the 'Indian Museum Bulletin (Vol.XXXVIII)' -- dedicated to Prof. Niharranjan Ray and an art album on Kalighat Paintings in Gurusaday Museum by Dr. Shyamalkanti Chakravarti was released.

Two Compact Disk - one an album '150 Indian Paintings' and the other, a film by Raja Mitra -'History of Indian Museum', was also launched.
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