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No Entry Fee in ASI Monuments and Museums on 18th May on the occasion of International Museum Day

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Newdelhi;17/5/25:The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is pleased to announce that entry to all ASI monuments and museums across the country will be free on 18th May 2025, International Museum Day. Observed every year, International Museum Day highlights the vital role that museums play in preserving cultural heritage, promoting education, and fostering dialogue across communities and generations.

This year to encourage wider public participation, the ASI is offering free access to its network of 52 site museums and all the ticketed monuments across the country, which house some of India’s most treasured archaeological artefacts — from prehistoric tools and sculptures to medieval inscriptions, and more. This initiative seeks to deepen public engagement with India’s rich cultural legacy and to provide a meaningful platform for people to reconnect with history and heritage.

ASI also has a dedicated Museum Wing which deals with maintenance and management of 52 Site-Museums, including Sarnath (1910) being the earliest in the series of Archaeological Site Museums across the country. The concept of Archaeological Site Museums came up to preserve and display the excavated and movable artifacts near the site so that the displayed objects don’t lose its context and may be studied by researchers and visitors alike while visiting the site.

Recently, India’s first Underground Museum at the World Heritage Site of Humayun’s Tomb was inaugurated, along with Virtual Experiential Museum at Man Mahan Observatory, Varanasi and Archaeological site of Lalitagiri at Odisha.

ASI Site-Museums are being upgraded to facilitate the need of every section of the society and modern interventions like AR-VR also being incorporated to give visitors a holistic experience.

Having Pan India reach with 3,698 protected monuments and sites, and 52 museums, ASI’s 26 sites are in UNESCO’s World Heritage list—highlighting ASI’s commitment in preserving and celebrating the nation’s rich historical legacy and architectural marvels.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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