Partition Museum, Amritsar. Pic courtesy/The museum

On offer are ticketed and non-ticketed lectures, workshops, walkthroughs and masterclasses. "We wanted to have participation from a lot of cities. Another factor was to appeal to families and individuals," Dhanwani asserts. The programming, too, cuts across interests, with a talk on arms production in Mewar from the collection of The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, a look at the memorabilia at the Partition Museum, Amritsar, a workshop on oral history, a dialogue on the cultural legacy of Raja Ravi Varma and a virtual walk through Gurusaday Museum, which is a repository of artefacts depicting Bengal's folk traditions, among 20 events.

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There are also sessions that although are aimed at kids, will have something in store for adults, too, such as the one on archaeology as a hobby, and a GIF making workshop by Medhavi Gandhi of The Heritage Lab and Aleksandra Strzelichowska of Europeana.

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For Mumbaikars craving a trip to the historic docks, there's a session conducted by Maritime Mumbai Museum Society which will delve into the city's relationship with the sea. "There's also a gallery hop session by Art Walks Mumbai, offering a tour of four art exhibitions now on view in Mumbai, and five highlights of BDL's permanent collection," Dhanwani informs us. So, can more Ghar Se Museum editions be expected in future, we ask. Her reply puts things into perspective, "The pandemic has given us the opportunity to rethink the normal. Although nothing can replace the physical experience, here's a chance to restructure ourselves."

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