While having lunch we were discussing about a colleague’s wife recent visit to Shanghai ...she had visited a very good science museum there. This brought us to the topic of Museums in India and there plight and the interest of public in it. Normally its very good for kids because they learn fast from these kind of visits….and are the most benefited. As such schools do organize visits but this is for the general information of parents that I did a surfing ....they might like to visit with the family this weekend..
The term 'museum' literally means “a spot dedicated to the muses”. It was deemed to be a place where a person could attain aloofness above the humdrum affairs of life. An important branch of the museums are the science museums. Science museums can be literally defined as museums devoted to science. Science museums concentrate mainly on display of things related to geology, paleontology, industry and industrial development. However in recent times Science museums put more stress on showcasing the technological developments made by man. Thus the purview of the Science museums have broadened in recent times. India has a gamut of museums dedicated to science or industrial development.
A museum visit will make Science much more interesting for a kid than just reading about atoms, volcano, and earth simply in a book. Turn science into a thrilling learning experience for your loved ones ….
So here is list of cities in India having science museums -
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkota
Goa Science Centre, Goa
Kapila Science Park, (scroll down the page) Kapila
National Science Centre, New Delhi
Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
Raman Science Center, Nagpur
Regional Science Centre, Lucknow
Regional Science Centre and Planetarium Calicut, Calicut
Science Center, Dhenkanal
Science City, Kolkota
Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore
Shrikrishna Science Centre, Patna
National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), India
Some Sites you might like to surf -
http://www.ncsm.org.in/
http://www.bitmcal.org/
http://www.vismuseum.org.in/
http://www.nehrusciencecentre.org/
http://www.sciencecitykolkata.org.in/
http://www.icar.org.in/nasm/nasm.htm
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/sciencemuseums.htm
http://www.indfy.com/places-to-see-in-delhi/museum-in-delhi/national-science-center.html
http://www.hyderabadonline.in/TouristPlaces/Museums/
I have been to some of these and found Hyderabad, Delhi ones really good and a must visit
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Its a good topic to be discussed in your bolg....
really museums can make science easier to understand the functioning of things in 3-D format , and I think parents should certainly think from their children prospective to make the things more clear , informative, simpler and innovative by taking them to museums or asking them to go to museum.....great!!!!!
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Thanks a lot Raj je.... am motivated !!!
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a good list and good thoughts, Ashjeet.
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Nice informative write...Out of these I have visited Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore with my family in 06...It was a great visit for us....yash
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yes museums make it much easier to understand ..things in 3d form ....when we see in reality ..or experiments...somehting on display ....make it much interesting .....
Thanks to Karam for bringing up the Topic that i came up with the links....
Its a must visit for the parents with their kids specially if you are travelling to any of these cities...i would say ....drop shopping if no time ..but do viist the museums!!
Cheers,
Jyotsna
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wow
I recommend your blog for the great links it provided.....
yeah the museums can make science easier to understand, making it simpler and thrilling...
nice thouhts dear
yashasvi
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Thank You Karam!!! it was an interesting topic...and tomorrow is the weekend so i had to hurry ...:) ....
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phew..... A discussion at lunch time turns into a highly informative article within an hour. That's great. Thanks for sharing the information at such a fast pace. keep it up.
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