The National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) announced the acquisition of a rare collection of cameras and artefacts. Efforts are being made to augment the collection on regional cinema as well. NMIC was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2019.
About:
Objective: The state-of-the-art Museum, aims to take its visitors through a journey of over a century of Indian cinema in a story telling mode with the help of visuals, graphics, artifacts, interactive exhibits and multimedia expositions.
Bodies/People involved: The museum has been
built by: NBCC (India) Limited – a state-owned Navratna public sector undertaking,
designed by: the National Council of Science Museums and
implemented by: the films division under the ministry of information and technology.
The creation of the Museum has been guided by the Museum Advisory Committee headed by Shyam Benegal. An innovation Committee headed by Prasoon Joshi was also constituted to provide an upgrade to NMIC.
Location: The Museum is housed in the following two buildings in the Films Division campus in Mumbai.
The New Museum Building: It has following four Exhibition Halls (1) Gandhi & Cinema, (2) Children’s Film Studio, (3) Technology, creativity & Indian cinema and (4) Cinema across India.
Gulshan Mahal: The 19th century historic palace Gulshan Mahal is an ASI Grade-II Heritage Structure which has been restored as part of the NMIC project. It showcase the journey of over a hundred years of Indian cinema in 9 sections.
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