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Global Firm to Design 23 Museums at Expanded Gandhi Ashram
The historic Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad is being expanded and restored.
It will include 23 museums about Mahatma Gandhi and his work.
Museum Studio, a company based in Paris, will help design them.
It will work with an Indian company called Ecofirst Services.
A committee of politicians, historians, museum experts, and academics is checking the museum content.
The National Institute of Design will help decide how to explain Gandhi’s story to younger visitors.
Old buildings are being repaired with traditional materials such as bricks, teak, and lime plaster.
The project is being carried out by the central government and the Gujarat government.
Museum Studio will design 23 museums at Ahmedabad’s redeveloped Sabarmati Ashram.
The Paris-headquartered firm will work with Ecofirst Services, a Tata Consulting Engineers subsidiary.
The museums will present aspects of Mahatma Gandhi’s life and independence movement leadership.
A nine-member advisory committee is reviewing content, design, and historical authenticity.
Ecofirst has a Rs 113 crore contract; digital displays will account for no more than 30% of presentation.
- Who
- Museum Studio, Ecofirst Services Ltd, the Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Trust, and a nine-member Content Advisory Committee are involved.
- What
- A redevelopment project will restore and expand Sabarmati Ashram and create 23 museums.
- Where
- The project is at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on the bank of the Sabarmati River.
- When
- The committee was constituted in March and had met three times by the report’s publication; it last met in August.
- Why
- The museums are intended to present Mahatma Gandhi’s life and leadership of India’s independence movement to visitors, including younger generations.
Key facts
- Museum designer
- Museum Studio, headquartered in Paris and present in 46 countries
- Indian consortium partner
- Ecofirst Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Consulting Engineers
- Number of museums
- 23 museums will be designed and developed
- Project contract
- Ecofirst Services has received a Rs 113 crore contract for museum and exhibition design
- Advisory committee
- A nine-member Content Advisory Committee is reviewing the content and design
- Digital content limit
- The trust has capped the digital segment at 30% of content presentation
- Project governments
- The redevelopment is being jointly implemented by the central government and the Gujarat government
Quotes
A project-connected source
An unnamed source connected with the redevelopment project
“If we quantify Gandhiji’s contributions to the country and the world, more than 60% is from this ashram – from the Champaran satyagraha…to the time when the British exited India”
indianexpress.com
“The committee’s role is to approve the content, design, and other aspects of the museum after assessing. Only after the CAC approves can a design be finalised.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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