AHMEDABAD: A rundown art gallery below Nehru Bridge and bang on the riverfront is soon to take a new avatar.
The place will be developed into an art and science innovation museum for children called ‘Khoj’, a project initiated by the state government’s Gujarat CSR Authority.
The project will be executed by Manthan Educational Programme Society (MEPS).
The museum will be dynamic and focus on connecting science, art and innovation by means of participatory displays, inquiry-based activities and inquisitiveness-based explorations, claims a concept note from MEPS. The museum will tackle communicating complex issues like coping with climate change, plastic play, reconnecting with our soil, understanding complexity of water, life and sustainability.
The concept note explains, “Unlike a regular museum having placards like ‘Please Do Not Touch’, at KHOJ, visitors are encouraged to interact, participate, play and explore different exhibits and concepts.” .
It further adds, “The main philosophy of the museum is that the children should have fun and build inquisitiveness while exploring the exhibitions, in the process they will learn and understand different concepts in-depth and further building their own small movements to promote the concept of innovation.”
The museum defuses the boundaries between subjects and focuses on the theme and further connecting it with daily lives.
