Overview
- Museum Day events in Vijayawada and Guntur, held Monday, featured calls from APTDC chair Nookasani Balaji and historian P. Srinadh Reddy to use museums to connect the present with the past.
- At Vijayawada’s Bapu Museum, officials staged Heritage Quiz and Heritage on Canvas contests, ran special guided tours, mounted a laser show, and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and flag designer Pingali Venkayya.
- Visitors moved through seven galleries of Jain, Buddhist and Hindu sculptures, early coins and inscriptions, which organizers used to help students link local artifacts to identity and civic history.
- In Guntur, a joint Andhra Pradesh Tourism–INTACH program highlighted jobs in conservation, archaeology and museum management while urging students to see museums as places to learn beyond exam prep.
- Telangana marked the day with free entry at Hyderabad’s Salar Jung Museum and plans for digitization and guide training backed by Rs 5 crore, signaling a broader regional push to engage young audiences.