Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch inaugurates ‘Yuva Saathi’- Young Volunteer Guide Programme

     

     The Union Minister of Culture Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch has said that the Yuva Saathi Programme aims to engage young minds in dialogue with the objects of National Museum to widen the understanding of the story of civilization across time and space. She was speaking at the launch of the Training of the Yuva Saathi –Young Volunteer Guides for Young Visitors to the National Museum here today. She said that the training programme, Yuva Saathi, designed by the National Museum Institute aims at guiding young visitors, who come in school groups and with their families around the galleries of National Museum. 

Smt. Katoch said, a sense of belonging and ownership towards the collective heritage can be sown in young minds through such programmes as it is for these young visitors, who are our future generation that every museum hopes to preserve, safeguard, display and interpret its collection. She said that the programme would create awareness for young people about the museum’s role in the society. 

The Minister said, National Museum is the premier museum of India showcasing the cultural history, tradition and heritage of India through its collection of over 2.00 Lakh antiquities. These objects have been put on display for the visitors in 20 galleries of the National Museum. A visitor to the Museum would like to know, understand and appreciate these objects for their context, history, and unique features and the programme launched today will help in that direction.