What ails the Indian museum today?

What is a museum, really? A building that houses objects? A temple of knowledge? A vault of the past? Or a theatre of the present? The answers are as complex as the institution’s foundational contradiction. Museums claim to preserve and protect, but they also curate and construct. The question of publicness is key. For most […]

Experimental curators and the rise of immersive story museums

Across the globe, storytelling is being reimagined. The lines defining who gets to create art and tell a compelling story are also blurring. Museums, especially, are figuring out how to better tell the stories of their land. In Australia, Melbourne’s Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre sensitively portrays the history and traditions of the Aboriginal communities through […]