<p>At a time when the lockdown has affected visits to tourism and education institutions, a Jalgaon-based expert is ensuring people come closer to museums.<br /><br />"The pandemic has thrown a big challenge to the museums. Digitizing and harnessing the potential of online platforms is key to taking museums to people," said Bhujang Bobade, the curator of the Jalgaon-based Gandhi Research Foundation. <br /><br />Bobade organized a short-term online course on Museums Heritage which academicians, teachers, students and experts from across the country attended. Some of the participants were from foreign countries.<br /><br />"Museums is a vast subject.... it's just an overview," he said, adding that issues like museums and museology, history, types, museum objects, cataloguing, digitisation, digital networking, training, conservation, preservation and restoration were discussed.<br /><br />Museums of India and Maharashtra were discussed in detail and so were foreign museums.<br /><br />"We have to keep pace with international trends and think in terms of 7D technology," said Bobade, who has presented several papers and written books.</p>
<p>At a time when the lockdown has affected visits to tourism and education institutions, a Jalgaon-based expert is ensuring people come closer to museums.<br /><br />"The pandemic has thrown a big challenge to the museums. Digitizing and harnessing the potential of online platforms is key to taking museums to people," said Bhujang Bobade, the curator of the Jalgaon-based Gandhi Research Foundation. <br /><br />Bobade organized a short-term online course on Museums Heritage which academicians, teachers, students and experts from across the country attended. Some of the participants were from foreign countries.<br /><br />"Museums is a vast subject.... it's just an overview," he said, adding that issues like museums and museology, history, types, museum objects, cataloguing, digitisation, digital networking, training, conservation, preservation and restoration were discussed.<br /><br />Museums of India and Maharashtra were discussed in detail and so were foreign museums.<br /><br />"We have to keep pace with international trends and think in terms of 7D technology," said Bobade, who has presented several papers and written books.</p>
