Rupesh Samant
Daijiworld Media Network - Benaulim
Benaulim, Jan 9: In an important development on the heritage conservation front, Goa will soon have its own pocket museum, ethnographic encyclopedia and miniature museums depicting the rich era of the coastal state.
State-based curator, Victor Hugo Gomes said that the project of depicting 3-dimension articles through the mobile App would be launched in February.
Gomes who has founded and curated Goa Chitra Museum, with ethnographic collection of artifacts dating back to pre-Portuguese era and even during colonial past, in South Goa, claimed, “This would be the first pocket museum of the world.”
The international award winning restorer said that the pocket museum will have hand drawn cards on the app, which can be clicked to see the 3-dimension image of the objects from all the three sections of his museum depicting Goa’s medical, agricultural and culinary past.
Gomes’ museum is located at Benaulim village in South Goa, 40 km away from here.
“We want to give information to the younger generation in a very slow and fun way. Today’s youngsters are not into reading books. They are into synopsis,” he said talking about the pocket museum.
Gomes would be launching five sets of cards as a part of the pocket museum including kitchen implements of Goa (wooden and metal), pottery, cane and agriculture.
In yet another project, Gomes is also working on developing ethnographic encyclopedia for Goa.
“It is a full encyclopedia with details. It will be an ethnographic encyclopedia which will be in English.
“I am a collector, so my language is through object. I will tell the history of this land through object. The encyclopedia would be officially launched in the coming year, 2021.
Taking the museums to the schools, Gomes has also embarked on the project to have miniatures of the artifacts that are on display in his museum.
“I am trying to introduce different things to children through miniatures. These are going to be tillage implements, oil processing implements of Goa,” he said.
The curator is targeting to set up at least one museum in each taluk.