Museums Programme

Kolkata

Intersections: Music - The Story of the Sitar

An intimate baithaki exploring the sitar through a film, conversation and concert with sitarist Subhranil Sarkar, accompanied by Pandit Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla at the historic Ramdulal Nibas.

Ramdulal Nibas, Beadon Street, Kolkata

July 06, 2024, 5:30 pm—8:30 pm

Kolkata

Intersections: Music - The Sound of Colour

Delving into the Ragamala paintings at the Indian Museum Painting Gallery with art historian Soumik Nandy Majumdar and scholar Maitreyee Mukherjee, exploring the intersections between visual arts and music.

Exhibition Gallery, Indian Museum, Kolkata

June 29, 2024, 3:00 pm—6:00 pm

Kolkata

PRINT: Histories

Revisiting printed landscapes representing India by European artists of the 18th and 19th centuries with the Dept. of Graphics-Printmaking, Rabindra Bharati University, where Dr. Paula Sengupta, Professor & Head, will lead a studio walkthrough, followed by a participatory reading session with artist-pedagogue Sujay Mukherjee and student Rohan Poddar.

Dept. of Printmaking, Chitra Bhavan, Rabindra Bharati University

June 14, 2024, 2:00 pm—4:30 pm

Kolkata

Viewfinder: Drawing Art History

A two-day drawing-based investigation of 'perspective', and its art historical associations as a tool for seeing, interpreting, and image-making.

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata

May 23, 2024, and 24 May 2024, 4:00 pm—7:00 pm

Kolkata

Board Game Sunday: Museum as a Space for Play

A visit to the Gautam Sen Memorial Board Games Museum, exploring and playing with Souvik Mukherjee’s extensive collection of board games, followed by an adda discussing the museum as a space for play.

Gautam Sen Memorial Board Games Museum, Ballygunge

May 19, 2024, 4:30 pm—7:30 pm

Kolkata

Museum as a Classroom: Presented by Indian Museum and DAG

A capacity building workshop at the Indian Museum for educators on developing engaging and interactive museum visits for students to explore Indian art and history, for International Museum Day.

Indian Museum

May 18, 2024, 10:30 am—2:00 pm

Kolkata

Sculptures through Senses: Museums through movement and sound

Explore the museum at the Birla Academy of Art and Culture through a movement-based trail by Vikram Iyengar, a soundscape by Subhagata Singha and a conversation with curator Uma Ray.

Birla Academy of Art and Culture

May 17, 2024, 6:00 pm—7:30 pm

Kolkata

Gab-Sur-Kinaar: Of Making and Playing the Tabla 

An exploration of the instrument by tabla artists, Asif Khan and Rohen Bose, which is followed by a concert where they will be joined by Alla Rakha Kalawant on the sarangi at the Jorasanko Thakur Dalan.

Jorasanko Thakurbari

November 26, 2023, 6.00pm—8.00pm

Kolkata

Mis-en-stage 

Tracing the evolution of set design in Bengal through the theatre archive at Natyashodh Sansthan with scholar Trina Nileena Banerjee, with an introductory remark by Director Madhuchchanda Chatterjee.

Natyashodh Sansthan, Saltlake

November 24, 2023, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Kolkata

Museum as a Classroom: Jorasanko Thakurbari

A capacity building workshop for teachers on crafting museum-learning experiences for students at the Rabindra Bharati University Campus with a visit to the historic house museum of the Tagore family. The workshop will focus on tools that can help make school visits to heritage sites more interactive and engaging.

Rabindra Bharati University, Jorasanko Campus

November 21, 2023, 10:30am-1:00pm

Kolkata

Art Lab

Art Lab is travelling pop-up exhibition on Indian modern art, that transforms classrooms into museums and creates an immersive, participatory learning environment for learners.