National Digital Repository and Portal for Museums of India

The National Portal and Digital Repository for Museums of India are designed and developed by Human-Centred Design and Computing Group, C-DAC, Pune. It provides an all pervasive and integrated access to theme based collections and artefacts irrespective of the physical and geographical locations of museums. The portal introduces India's rich heritage through a diverse range of digital collections in terms of sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, weapons, coins and a numerous other categories of artefacts. The virtual museums are a wealth of knowledge accessible from anywhere and at anytime for students, teachers, researchers and even the tourists. It is perhaps for the first time in world that 10 national museums are made accessible online from one portal. This project is funded by Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The digital collections created using the JATAN: Virtual Museum Builder are integrated in the national digital repository for giving public access through the national portal.

The portal was inaugurated by honorable Minister for Ministry of Culture, Government of India on 21st October 2014 which can be accessed from htpp://www.museumsofindia.gov.in

Contact for more information: digitalpreservation@cdac.in

Films on Museums of India Portal

भारतीय संग्रहालयों के लिए राष्ट्रीय पोर्टल और डिजिटल भंडार
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8shAwIi_ymA

National Portal and Digital Repository for Museums of India
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Contact Us

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Human-Centred Design & Computing Group
C-DAC, 5th Floor, Innovation Park, Panchavati,
Pashan, Pune - 411 008
Phone : 020-25503175
Email: digitalpreservation[at]cdac[dot]in