Category: Past Exhibitions

14 August 2024: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day Exhibition

  • VMH and IGNCA showcased a collaborative exhibition on the occasion of Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in the Queen’s Hall of VMH. The educational exhibition narrated the historical background of the Partition through narrative panels with photographs and news articles, bringing to light a story of unprecedented human displacement, forced migration and violence. It stood as a salutation to the millions of Indians who lost their lives in the horrors of Partition and suffered the pain of displacement.

6 to 18 August 2024: Fabric of Freedom

The Fabric of Freedom – a pop-up installation created in collaboration with DAG Museums, was displayed at the Great Indian Reformers Gallery at VMH from 13 to 18 August 2024. The installation was made by twenty students of classes VIII to X from four schools – Ek Tara Learning Centre, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Modern High School for Girls and South City International School. The installation, created on the theme of the role of fabric in India’s freedom struggle, was a part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Students explored the effects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain on the Indian silk weavers, the Indigo Revolution, the Santhal Rebellion and Bengal’s Partition during the four-day workshop from 6 to 9 August 2024 at VMH. The Hon’ble Member of the Board of Trustees of VMH, Smt. Anita Chakraborty and Shri Samarendra Kumar, Secretary and Curator, VMH inaugurated the installation, opening it for public viewing.