Mr. Prashant Lohar receiving his certificate after the completion of workshop
Heritage Conservation and Promotion
Visit of Mr. Niels Arthur Andersen
Mr. Niels Arthur Andersen, Denmark, visited The City Palace Museum, Udaipur on 11th November 2018. During his visit, he looked at the Arms and Armour collection that are being conserved, and the proposed Arms gallery at Salehkhana. He further engaged in a discussion about Arms and Armour with Dr. Hansmukh Seth, Associate Curator, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur and the Arms and Armour conservation team in their laboratory.
| For more than 50 years, Mr. Niels has had a keen interest in Islamic weapons, particularly presentation weapons. These | |||||
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weapons were used as political gifts in the 18th and 19th centuries that the rulers of Algiers and Tunis made to European Kings, Princes and Presidents of the United States of America. His book, " Gold and Coral : Presentation Arms from Algiers and Tunis", is an extensively researched Arms catalogue of these 'presentation weapons' that he has collected over the years. He gifted a copy of this book for Shriji, during this visit. |
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Mr. Niels Arthur Andersen in a discussion with the Arms and Armour conservators
Ahar Udaipur Heritage Walk
| Ahar Udaipur Heritage Walk was an initiative taken forward by Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, Udaipur with the support from Udaipur Municipal Corporation. MMCF in its Outreach Programmes has encouraged many such events. As per the ongoing initiatives, the 'Ahar' Udaipur Heritage Walk was organised on 24th November 2018 on the occasion of The 4th World Living Heritage Festival - 2018. |
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MMCF's goal is to be a world leader in heritage conservation and community inclusion. The Foundation often has to generate its own benchmarks for this goal. MMCF is keen to share its best-practice and conservation experience that has an ambitious knowledge transfer initiative in addition to its implementable conservation programme. The walk was attended by 23 people. |
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Supporting All India water colour artists' camp 'Glorious Udaipur'
MMCF supported PN. Choyal Memorial Trust's initiative of curating an All India water colour artists' camp 'Glorious Udaipur' for the Western Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur. The camp initiates to paint landscapes of beautiful streets and lakes of Udaipur city between November 18 to November 23, 2018.
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