Egmore Museum to get new display
Posted on: 26/Apr/2013 3:19:18 PM
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Vaigaichelvan announced that a translide display of birds will come up at the Government Museum in Egmore soon. A sum of Rs. 4.50 lakhs has been set aside for this purpose.
Making the announcement, Mr. Vaigaichelvan said, ‘The gallery that is square-shaped has around 500 stuffed birds and six pillars. The slide display with interesting accounts of birds and their classification will come up around the pillars… Signages including maps would come up at the museum at a cost of Rs. 6 lakh. The CCTV camera system would be upgraded at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh… It (has) been decided to e-publish rare reference books that the museum possesses. Some of the publications date back to 1852.’
