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Asia, GIP Jan - June 2018, museum heritage, Public Spaces

The Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery

February 22, 2018February 18, 2018

The Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery pays testimony to the evidently diverse and vibrantly amalgamated monumental heritage of the city and witnesses European influence in …

Asia, Built Heritage, GIP Jan - June 2018, museum heritage

The first ever underground museum in Bangladesh

February 20, 2018March 6, 2018

The Museum of Independence depicts the history & the struggle for the long-cherished independence of Bangladesh. The structure is situated at the Suhrawardy Udyan, in …

Asia, Built Heritage, GIP Jan - June 2018, museum heritage

Swaraj Bhawan: The adobe of Indian freedom

February 19, 2018February 15, 2018

Swaraj Bhawan, the home to Nehru Family, originally belonged to Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan, a 19th-century Muslim leader and educationalist. In 1900, Motilal Nehru, the …

Asia, Built Heritage, GIP Jan - June 2018, museum heritage

A crawl through the depths of the National Museum, Delhi

February 18, 2018February 15, 2018

National Museum, Delhi is the chief Museum of India. It houses a magnificent collection of artifacts, sculptures, paintings, coins, jewelry, manuscripts, anthropological objects, textiles, arms …

Asia, Built Heritage, Heritage News

A stroll through Bale Matua in the Angeles City Historic District

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

Bale Matua (translated to “Founder?s Residence”) is the almost two-century old ancestral home of Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda, founder of Angeles City, and his …

Africa, Built Heritage, GIP Jan - June 2018, museum heritage

The National War Museum, Umuahia

February 14, 2018February 13, 2018

The National War Museum in Umuahia brings to life Nigeria?s most tragic years. The war was a watershed in the history of Nigeria as a …

The grand entrance to the Pathuriaghata Ghosh mansion Photo Courtesy : Supriyo Dutta

Asia, Blog, Built Heritage, Capturing Culture, Conservation, Heritage, Travel

The grand courtyard houses of Kolkata : A story of opulence and decay

February 12, 2018January 26, 2019

Kolkata, or Calcutta as it was previously known, is famous for its magnificent buildings that reminisce the colonial era. Much of the city came into …