Wikipedia:GLAM/Directory/National Museum New Delhi

National Museum, New Delhi Contact: Sowmyan Tirumurti, Executive Manager, Wikimedia India Chapter National Museum of cultural material: Large cultural, art and historical museum, New Delhi, India

About us Our sites: National Museum, New Delhi:Cultural, Art and historical collections The National Museum, New Delhi was established in 1949 and is administered by the Ministry of Culture. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The museum is situated on the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road. The blue–print of the National Museum had been prepared by the Gwyer Committee set up by the Government of India in 1946. The Museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, covering over 5,000 years. It also houses the National Museum Institute of History of Arts,Conservation and Museology on the first floor which was established in 1983 and now is a Deemed University since 1989, and runs Masters and Doctoral level courses in History of Art, Conservation and Museology.

Our GLAMwiki work GLAMwiki Project Pages: Wikipedia:GLAM/NM Top Commons Category: commons:Category:National Museum, New Delhi Other Commons Category(s): commons:Category:Collections of the National Museum, New Delhi The GLAM project at the National Museum is organized by Wikimedia India Chapter and consists of a short program spanning December 2013 and January 2014. The activities at the Museum will involve training participants on aspects of licensing and Wikipedia contribution. Articles for creation or improvement will be chosen mainly on the English Wikipedia but translation to other languages are most welcome. All those interested may watch this page for articles that are chosen for improvement. Please use the talk page for any discussions. Add requests for media, articles that need to be created or improved. Volunteers and participants at the site will try and respond to media requests, requests for reliable sources or other information.

Contact us Website: http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/ Executive Manager, Wikimedia India Chapter: tsowmyanwikimedia.in On Wikipedia: User:User:tsowmyan Indra Vats National Museum contact:indrav06gmail.com Discuss the project on the talkpage

• Highlights from the National Museum, New Delhi
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  Chand Bibi playing Polo
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  Marble sculpture of the skeletal form of Shiva, known as Bhairava
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  Terracotta sculpture
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  Children's toy from Mohenjo-daro
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  Qanat (Tent) panel
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  Harrappan pottery with geometrical design