“The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future”
Theodore Roosevelt.
Knowing the history is possible by viewing the archives and making the collections.
Mr. Arish lectuers covers museums, galleries, digital platforms etc.
We saw modern museums and websites. So, world shifted their museum to virtual tours.
Now everything is accessible at a single click which is not possible previously. Following are various examples of virtual museums and websites who works on heritage.
The most viewed museum is Louvre museum Paris which was established In 1792 till (227 year ago). Initial the building was louvre castle in 12nd and 13rd century. Then converted into a museum. Which carries approximately 38,000 objects from pre-historic time till date.
In 2004, the authorities decided to build satellite louvre museum.as we are in the world of technology. Now as 360 camera are developed one can view the virtual tour of the museum.
Sardar talks about the largest privately owned museum of South Asia located in Lahore, The Fakir Khana museum. The museum owned 20,000 objects in their capacity.
As, I personally visited the museum in 2018. It contains treasures of art: sculptures, paintings, Persian carpets, Chinese porcelain, manuscripts and many other masterpieces.
The museum has interesting information on culture and history of Punjab. Museum displays gifts from Maharajah Ranjit Singh and Queen Victoria. Currently, the museum is owned by fakir family. The place is closed to general public and only private visitors can view it now.
The place was visited by general public during Lahore biennale.
Army museums; the main purpose is to preserve the past of army through pictures and sculptures. Rawalpindi art museum is the largest Army Museum established in 1961.
the museum tells you the story from 1947 till date. Keeping an eye on the role of army.
Here attaching the link of army museum Lahore which is established newly. And shows the journey of martyrs of Pakistan mainly.
History museum in Lahore is a project of CAP. CAP is a non profit organization which is working in Lahore and karachi. Main object of CAP is to show oral stories related to the history of Pakistan.
CAP: Citizen Archive Pakistan http://www.citizensarchive.org/about-us/The history museum shows the tragic stories of people who migrated from India to Pakistan. With the piece of burn train. The installation is very interesting and close to reality. There is another piece which shows the flag and when you interact with the flag boxes it shows different cultures of Pakistan. This museum is interactive museum.
We have Natural history museum in Karachi which was established in 1976. The museum provides information about geology, paleontology and ecology of the nature.
Duleep singh was the last Mahraja of sikh Empire. He was being kidnapped by British along with kohanoor . Queen Victoria admire his beauty and said “ those eyes and those teeth are beauty”
Recently, In 2017 a move with the title “black prince” is released. Plot of the film revolves around the story of a young prince who was exile from his thrown. Story shows the two cultures of his Indian birth and British education. This whole film features the story of Mahraja Duleep Singh.
Lee Hall writes a beautiful film name “Victoria and Abdul”. Stephen frears directed the movie in British comic drama film. The film reflects the story of a young boy Kabir who visited queen on her golden jubilee.
Ally Adnan is a well-known writer, public speaker and cultural commentator. He mainly talks about qawwali history and culture. Agha khan university arrange a series of lectures by Adnan of qawwali.
Prada 360 exhibition was happens in 2018. Prada showcase the work under the moto “just waiting to change the world ”
Claudia jones says:
“A People’s Art Is The Genesis Of Their Freedom”
Auto graph is UK based organization which aims to produce art works in which artist can explore identity, social justice and representation. So, the organization funds International artist who works on identity and presentation topics.
https://autograph.org.uk/about-us/mission
The Missing Chapters is a project of Autograph. It is established in 1988. Missing chapters promotes black photographers of UK.
Bezalel Academy Of Art and Design created Histography. Its is an interactive digital library on which you can view the history of almost 14 billion year span. Which is from big band theory to 2015.
so, the whole discussion was about digital archive.
I would like to conclude the whole discussion with shep hyken saying:
“Make every interaction count, even the small ones. They are all relevant.”
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