Recently the 2019 AusHeritage Delegation travelled to Malaysia and Singapore to the visit to the Museum of Islamic Arts Malaysia based in Kuala Lumpur to discuss future collaboration.
The following is an excerpt from The Hindu News, Chennai, written by K. Lakshmi and published 24 January 2019.
Visiting delegation hopes to collaborate on projects and share expertise
The Public Works Department is likely to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Australian government soon to share knowledge on conservation of heritage buildings.
The following excerpt is from an article reproduced from the Financial Express, India, by: PTI, Published: December 30, 2018 5:14 PM
Vinod Daniel, [chairman of AusHeritage]an India-born Australian and a top museum specialist, said the fire at the National Museum of Brazil, in which a massive collection of it was destroyed, holds valuable lessons for developing countries, including India.
A visiting six-member senior Australian museum and heritage expert’s delegation has signed a memorandum of understanding between Think City and AusHeritage to further an on-going cooperation.
In November 2017 Artlab Australia signed a MOU with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) to foster cooperation and arrange training in conservation.
Building on international relationships and a program of knowledge exchange that commenced in 2012, the 2017 Ausheritage international symposium and workshop on Taiwan’s Kinmen Island was the sixth visit by Ausheritage members.
In December 2017, the Australian and NSW Governments joined the President of Australia ICOMOS Ian Travers to announce that Sydney will host 1,200 global heritage experts in 2020, at the next Triennial General Assembly of ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites.
The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi was built in the 11th century AD and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is from this citadel that the Chinese administrators and later the Vietnamese emperors ruled. It was also the headquarters of the North Vietnamese government and army during the American War from 1954 to 1975.
AusHeritage Chairperson, Vinod Daniel, was recently visiting Gujarat and spoke to the Times of India regarding the museum in that city. Mr Daniel felt that Gujarat ‘should take the initiative to develop at least one world class museum, to set an example for others.’
AusHeritage Chairperson Vinod Daniel, has been interviewed by Indian newspapers, the Hindustan Times and The Times of India (and the Hindu, refer to ‘The Hindu ‘Each State in India can house 1000 musuems’ 16 March 2017), to discuss the need for Indian museums to be updated and reinvented to engage youth and local communities in their museums and history.