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The Museum collects photographic objects and any other object\/s that is\/are directly or indirectly related to, or contributing to the knowledge about, the photographic object collected. The photographic objects may include prints, digital photographs, photographic instruments or accessories, negatives, transparencies, albums, photo-books, posters, postcards, leaflets, motion-pictures and digital\/printed documents related to, or contributing to the knowledge about, the photographic object collected. All objects are preserved in temperature, humidity and dust controlled museum conditions.<\/p>\n
What is collected<\/strong> What is done<\/strong> Special Collections<\/strong> 2. PHOTOMUSE Cultural & Social History Collection 3. PHOTOMUSE Natural History Collection 4. PHOTOMUSE National Portrait Collection 5. PHOTOMUSE Motion Picture (Documentary) Collection 6. PHOTOMUSE Motion Picture (Short Film) Collection PHOTOMUSE COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n Antique Photographic Equipment: 540 [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Museum has the duty to acquire, preserve and promote its collections as a contribution to safeguarding the natural, cultural and scientific heritage of humanity. Its collections are a significant public inheritance, have a special position in law and are protected by international legislation. Inherent in this public trust is the notion of stewardship…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6135,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/6135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAntique Photographic equipment
\nPhotographic Prints
\nDigital Photographs
\nPhoto Reproductions
\nPhoto-Books, Albums
\nNegatives & Transparencies
\nMotion Picture
\nDocuments<\/p>\n
\nExhibitions
\nEducation
\nResearch
\nPublication
\nCultural Exchange
\nMedia Productions
\nEnvironmental Education<\/p>\n
\n1. PHOTOMUSE Photographic History Collection
\nIncludes photographs that reveal the medium’s status as a genre of art and science, right from 1830s to the contemporary.<\/p>\n
\nIncludes photographs that demonstrate the documentary character of the medium with respect to International and National political history, culture, social history and ethnography.<\/p>\n
\nIncludes photographs that portray the natural wealth of Earth and its inhabitants. It also includes images that show the threats and injuries to environment and ecosystems.<\/p>\n
\nIncludes portraits of people originally from Indian subcontinent, including the aboriginals, tribes and the modern. Its focus will be on portraiture as a genre of photography with its artistic and documentary values.<\/p>\n
\nIncludes motion picture documentaries on Photography, Art & Culture, Nature & Environment and the Humanities.<\/p>\n
\nA collection of Indian and international shortfilms.<\/p>\n
\nAntique Prints: 2065
\nDocuments: 80
\nHistoric Digital Photographs: 8714
\nOthers: 5500<\/p>\n