In exchange, she will also be highlighting conservation projects undertaken at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur. The programme is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, US.

Ms. Anuja Mukherjee at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg

Dr. Hansmukh Seth, Associate Curator, represented MMCF in New Delhi, at the National seminar on 'Textiles and Clothing: History, Science, Technology, Conservation and Cultural Influences'. The programme was organized by Textiles and Clothing Research Centre, New Delhi in collaboration with the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, conducted on 14th -15th October 2022. Dr Seth's paper was titled 'Archaeological evidence of Textiles in Mewar Region', and included several examples of textile seen in the collection of The City Palace Museum, Udaipur. The seminar ended with a visit to the National Craft Museum and Hastkala Academy, New Delhi.

Dr. Hansmukh Seth making his presentation

Maharana Mewar Special Library (MMSL) is an excellent resource for scholars and researchers. It has a collection of more than 35886 books till September 2022 on different subjects. The Library has special collection of books dedicated to Literature, Religion, History, Arts, Zoology, Sports and General Geography of different parts of India and the globe, and a rare collection of books on the Mewar dynasty.

1 new book 'War Paintings of the Irresistible Jat King Surajmal' was added to the library in the month of July 2022 and it was processed in Accession Register. The classification was done by Dewey decimal classification; 19th Rev. Edition, Cataloguing (AACR II) and Bibliography. The details were uploaded in the Library housekeeping software, Libsys, and on the Eternal Mewar website http://eternalmewar.in/mmsl. Stamping, tagging and scanning were also performed on all these books.

Front Cover of Books

20 new books were added to the library in the month of August 2022

Books received included - Dungarpur: A Glorious Century

Purchased books include - Journal of Indian Museums : Vol69, 2015, Journal of Indian Museums: Vol-73, 2021, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Director's Choice : The Cleveland Museum of Art, Chakravyooh (Short Stories), Nakshatra Jatakam, Akhandeep, Jihad and Terrorism, Salumber ka Itihas : Mewar ka Pramukh Thikana, Anchlankur, Natya Samikshya (Hindi Rangmanch ke Sandarbh Mein), Bhagwadgeeta-Kavya (Geeta ka Hindi Kavyanuvad), Mohpaash Tatha Anya Kahaniyan, Sanskrit Natak Mein Atiprakrat Tattva, India Postage Stamp, Gandhi: Columbia Pictures Presents: A World Event, Gandhi: Royal European Premiere in the Presence of their Royal Highnesses: The Prince and Princess of Wales