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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:36:33 +0530
Saving tangible heritage
- Aid to preserve museums from disasters
SUBHRO SAHA
Australia is keen to offer its expertise in helping Calcutta’s museums
preserve their collections better and also equip them to react with
alacrity to disasters.
“Our strength lies in preserving tangible heritage and we are keen to
work with cultural institutes of Calcutta and even try to catalyse
international funding to assist projects here,” Vinod Daniel, chairman,
AusHeritage, Australia’s network for cultural heritage services, told Metro.
Daniel was in town to deliver a lecture at the Victoria Memorial on best
practices from small museums and crises that face our museums.
His trip came in the wake of an MoU signed between AusHeritage and
INTACH last week to collaborate in cultural heritage initiatives.
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070409/asp/calcutta/story_7621823.asp