Kolkata :

The state government has decided to set up a museum inside the Assembly.
The museum will be the first-of-its-kind where sculptures of various eminent persons of the state who have contributed immensely for the welfare of the nation will be displayed.

A space of around 2,000 sq feet has been identified inside the Assembly where the proposed museum will be set up. It will have an art gallery, too, where works of famous painters, including Jamini Roy, will be displayed.

Sculptures of famous personalities in the Assembly will also be displayed.

The Speaker has already sent a list of names of eminent persons whose sculptures will be displayed inside the museum.

According to the proposed plan, initially 10 to 12 statues of eminent persons will be displayed inside the museum. Replicas made of fibre glass representing various art forms of different states as well as foreign countries will be put up for display inside the museum.

The PWD is in the process of inviting sculptors and artists to discuss which statutes should be placed first.

It may be mentioned that the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) has come up with a plan to set up the first ever wax museum at New Town in Rajarhat .

The museum, being planned on the lines of London’s Madame Tussauds wax museum, will be set up at Rajarhat New Town and a 5,000 sq ft area has been earmarked for the project.

source: http://www.thestatesman.net / The Statesman / Home> Bengal / Statesman News Service / Kolkata – July 25th, 2014