New museum to showcase culture of Goa’s ancestors

PORVORIM: With the new building for the Goa State Museum expected to be built at Ela, Old Goa, the storehouse of Goa’s history will provide an avenue for visitors to take a trip down memory lane into the life and time of Goa’s ancestors.
“Some of the artefacts and many objects are already displayed for the general public free of cost. However, soon after construction of the building for Goa State Museum at Ela, Old Goa, steps will be taken to showcase the culture and tradition of our ancestors by displaying and exhibiting maximum available artefacts and objects for the general public in a better modernised form,” said chief minister Pramod Sawant while responding to a question by Santa Cruz MLA Rodolfo Fernandes at the assembly.
Owing to the deteriorating condition of the building of Goa State Museum at Patto, the state government had decided to temporarily shift the office of the museums along with the entire collection of artefacts to the Old Secretariat Complex at Adil Shah Palace in Panaji.
Sawant said that the agriculture department has already transferred the land to the Goa State Museum for construction of the new building and the process of availing the required funds under the ‘Museum Grant Scheme’ under ministry of culture, government of India is under process.
In another LAQ, while responding to Calangute MLA Michael Lobo, Sawant revealed that four private museums have been granted government assistance under the scheme to recognise and assist setting up of private museums.