France Working On India’s New National Museum In Delhi

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Advancing Indo-French cooperation on culture and global commons, a senior official from the Emmanuel Macron government visited Delhi this week to co-chair the Joint Working Group on Museology that is leading the project to create a new National Museum in India’s capital.

He also visited the North and South Block sites, where the new museum will be located.

France will be India’s partner on this project through its national agency France Museums Developpement.

“It will display the rich history and heritage of India through the millennia and will comprise collections from both the current Indian National Museum and the pan-India museums,” a document said about the initiative