Australia India Heritage Week

Updated on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Kolkata: The Victoria Memorial Museum, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Loreto College and AusHeritage (Australia’s International Network for Cultural Heritage) will be partners for the four-day Australia India Heritage Week, Kolkata, January 11-14, 2010.

Key activities during the week include a workshop for Museums in West Bengal and North East India at Victoria Memorial Museum, a forum & workshop on the adaptive reuse of historic buildings with Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Kolkata), evening public lectures on heritage conservation at Loreto College and visits to a number of heritage buildings. Four Australian heritage experts and a large number of Indian heritage professionals will be involved.

“Heritage is a very important aspect of society and I am very supportive of this close collaboration between Australia and India in this area. Professionals from AusHeritage, Australia's international network for heritage services continue to work closely with Indian institutions on several projects, including workshops and training sessions" said Peter Varghese, High Commissioner of Australia.

“Though Australian and Indian heritage practitioners have completed a number of projects over the last decade, this is the first joint heritage activity in Kolkata”, said Vinod Daniel, chair of AusHeritage. He added that he was delighted that AusHeritage could work with three leading Indian institutions as part of the Australia India Heritage week i.e. Victoria Memorial Museum, INTACH and Loretto College in Kolkata, a city with its rich tangible and intangible heritage.

AusHeritage is Australia’s international network for cultural heritage services. The organisation’s members include Australian universities, national collecting institutions, State galleries, libraries and museums, private architectural firms and private and government conservation services.

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