'Summer Internship Program' at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur

The City Palace Museum, Maharana of Mewer Charitable Foundation, Udaipur in collaboration with the Centre for Historic Houses (CHH), O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, and University of Oxford, conducted a 3 week-long 'Summer Internship Program' at the Museum. The Internship program is part of the CHH Centre's new 'Palace Museum Network'. Five students from University of Oxford, and Miami formed the intern team at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur. They were accompanied and supported by their mentor, Dr. Esther Schmidt, Founder, CHH. The interns worked with the curatorial team on several projects, charted out as per their expertise, and in relation to the Museum's collections and aspects such as architecture, military, museum education, game etc. The internship period was for 21 days, from 17th July to 6th August, 2022, during which they created several short videos/ activities, and at the end of the period, their findings would take the form of a exhaustive report. The Museum also participated in the Centre's Palace Day celebration, on 19th July 2022. The theme being Biodiversity, the Museum curatorial team produced short videos on the Palace garden of Baadi Mahal, and observed/ discussed the architectural genius of the built heritage, and artistic renditions of the space suggesting the use of the same.

Ms. Chelsea Santos, Mr. Julian Seethal, Mr. Michael Smith, Mr. Bhupendra Singh Auwa, Dr. Esther Schmidt, Ms. Tara Sallaba, Ms. Lauren Winch, Dr. Mayank Gupta and Dr. Hansmukh Seth at Moti Chowk

Har Ghar Tiranga

Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Trustee, MMCF distributed 2500 national flags to tourists, school students, hoteliers, artists and guides as part of 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign at The City Palace, Udaipur on 12th August 2022.

'Har Ghar Tiranga' is a campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to encourage people to bring the Tiranga (Tri Colour national flag of India) home and to hoist it to mark the 75th year of India's independence. Our relationship with the flag has always been more formal and institutional than personal. Bringing the flag home collectively as a nation in the 75th year of independence thus becomes symbolic of not only an act of personal connection to the Tiranga but also an embodiment of our commitment to nation-building. The idea behind the initiative is to invoke the feeling of patriotism in the hearts of the people and to promote awareness about the Indian National Flag.

Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar supporting the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign at The City Palace, Udaipur

Ms. Anuja Mukherjee, Art Conservator, MMCF commenced her Indian Conservation Fellowship Programme at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), in the Netherlands.

The programme is 4 months long, from 1st October 2022 - January 2023. During this fellowship, she will be mentored by Ms. Kate Seymour, and receive exposure to conservation, preservation and restoration methodologies, techniques and approaches practiced by SRAL conservators and the Dutch