Whats New on VMIS at vmis.in : Digital images of Sculpture and Terracotta objects in Allahabad Museum are added to the Collections of VMIS. The museum was documented by AIIS, Center for Art and Archaeology four times-in 1966, 1972, 1991 and recently in 2012. The AIIS, CAA has also published two catalogues of Sculptures in Allahabad Museum. The Allahabad Museum is one of the largest and leading museums of Indian Art in North India. It was initially set up in 1931 as a Municipal Museum and antiquities from Allahabad District found home in it. The collection further grew with gifts and purchases of variety of objects including archaeological materials, stone, bronze, wooden and metal sculptures, paintings, terracotta, coins, decorative arts and textile. Moreover, collections on freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal and literary figures like Sumitranandan Pant were also received as gift or acquired to make the collections rich and varied. Due to the wide spectrum and significance of its collections the Allahabad Museum was taken under auspices of the Government of India and declared a Central Government Museum.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 04:43:38 +0000
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