The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) is a new museum project in the city of Bengaluru in South India, committed to education, accessibility, awareness and conservation of Indian arts and culture.
To exhibit, interpret and preserve a growing collection of Indian art and cultural artefacts, motivated by a belief that museums can play a positive role in society.
Mission
Education in art and culture is MAP’s top priority and one of the key focus areas of the entire project. MAP believes it is vital that the next generation in India grow up with a basic knowledge and understanding of the artistic and cultural heritage of their country, as a compliment to their regular education.
Education
To this end, the museum will provide a free and inviting space for children to see artworks in, as well as having dedicated classrooms within the building specifically for furthering education in the arts. MAP will also go far beyond on-site activities, actively reaching out to schools, parents, teachers and the public to offer free, engaging and accessible programmes around the city. This is part of MAP’s mission to create a new generation of culturally aware children, and the museum-goers of tomorrow.
Towards this goal, even before the physical museum is built, MAP has been delivering free workshops to children in Bengaluru, and will continue to do so until its launch in 2020.
More on MAP's current Education programmes on the MAP website »
Although children are a particular focus of MAP’s educational programming, MAP is dedicated to a larger goal of developing new and varied audiences. Thus, building awareness of the arts and cultural heritage is one of the museum’s significant goals – realised through its exhibitions, publications and outreach programmes. As part of this commitment to public education in the arts, MAP supports a free public lecture series, delivered by leading art historians, artists, curators and academics from the fields of the arts, design and literature, and hosted at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru.
More about the lecture series on the MAP website »
Awareness
MAP's commitment to accessibility drives its ongoing digitisation project, with the end goal of making all the artworks in its collection freely available for appreciation and learning online.
Apart from showcasing artworks from the collection on its own website, MAP has also partnered with Google Arts & Culture and curated digital exhibitions on its platform to reach a wider audience.
Browse the MAP Collection on the museum website »
Visit MAP on Google Arts & Culture »
Accessibility
Conservation
As the custodian of a growing collection of Indian art, MAP places emphasis on looking after the artworks in its care to ensure they are accessible for future generations. It will achieve this through setting up a dedicated conservation lab, training its staff in the correct ways to handle artworks, and using technology (for climate control, display and monitoring).
Currently, restoration of the most at-risk artworks in the museum collection are being carried out. The museum's flagship building will however, apart from including properly controlled storage spaces and systems, also house a custom-built fully equipped conservation lab with staff trained to international standards of museum conservation work.