Culture & Society

Encouraging 'Feel And Touch' Experience Through Museums

The discussion at the Bihar Museum Biennale in Bangalore centres around the role of museums in a digital world and how a museum can become a site for community engagement and negotiate better with changes that include shifting demographics and ever-escalating technologies.

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The panelist at the Bihar Museum Biennale in Bangalore
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At the first panel discussion at the Bihar Museum Biennale in Bangalore, Anjani Kumar Singh, Director General of Bihar Museum says, "Bihar Museum’s great focus is on children. We are encouraging the ‘feel and touch’ experience. Children are usually told not to touch anything but we changed this. Children can tell you a lot, but the hierarchies need to be changed."

The discussion centres around the role of museums in a digital world and how a museum can become a site for community engagement and negotiate better with changes that include shifting demographics and ever-escalating technologies.

The panellists for the evening include Nazneen Banu, Anjani Kumar Singh, Shreyasi Pathak, Basav Biradar, Karthik Kalyanaraman, and Tejshvi Jain. The session is being moderated by Chink Sinha, Editor, Outlook India.

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