A Glance Into The Past: Journey Of Photography In Mewar

On 27th November 2020, the Museum inaugurated a new Online Exhibition titled A Glance Into The Past: Journey Of Photography In Mewar. The exhibitions features select archival photographs from the collection and forms a part of a larger exhibition by the same name, on display at the Museum. It aims to capture the transient journey of photography in Mewar, as also the evolution in its techniques.

Workshop - Museum Collections and Visitor Engagement

Ms. Chelsea Santos, Assistant Curator at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur has been selected by The Center for Art & Archaeology (CA&A) of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) for its 5-day Virtual Workshop on Museum Collections and Visitor Engagement (November 30December 4, 2020). This effort of the Centre has been supported by the U.S. Mission to India, New Delhi. The workshop has been developed based on the recommendations of the White Paper that resulted from the U.S. Embassy supported All Indian Museum Summit 2019, and which was presented to the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in November 2019.

This U.S.-India Professional Collaboration initiative looks towards sharing U.S. and Indian best practices in Museum curation.The workshop covers documentation and digitization of collections, preventive conservation, conceptualization and execution of exhibitions as well as visitor experience and public engagement. The workshop was be led by Dr. Madhuvanti Ghose (Alsdorf Associate Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.) further enhanced by special presentations by Dr. Vishakha Desai (Senior Advisor for Global Affairs, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.), Dr. Darielle Mason (The Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art, Head of the Department of South Asian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A.) and Ms. Rachel Freeman (Associate Paper Conservator, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, U.S.A.).

Excerpts from each day's session can be found on AIIS' Social media pages

Interview with and featured on Live History India

Live History India is a Mumbai-based digital platform devoted to history, culture and heritage. It covers Indian history through regular text-based stories as well as videos. As part of this very effort, Live History India reached out and connected with The City Palace Museum, Udaipur. The interview centered around the history of Mewar, how Udaipur became and developed as the capital city, and on the legacy it carries today. Mr. Bhupendra Singh Auwa, Administrator in Chief, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation participated in the interview on 24th November 2020, post which a video on the same was released by Live History India.

Featured on eSamskriti: Culture | Spirituality | Travel

The article concerned was first published in the NAARI magazine, Jan-March 2020 issue. It was authored by Mr. Mallik Thatipalli and featured conversations with Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, Chairman and Managing Trustee, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, and Ms. Chelsea Santos, Assistant Curator, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, in an effort to frame a picture of the Mewar School. The article introduces the reader to the Mewar School of Painting, its origins, themes, timelines, techniques and provides a peep into the collection of The City Palace Museum, Udaipur.

eSamskriti also featured a video by the Museum, produced in collaboration with Sarmaya, India, on a classic Mewar painting from the Museum's exclusive collection that depicts Maharana Sangram Singh performing the Khejari Pooja during Dussehra.