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The Visvesvaraya Industrial Museum Society (VIMS) came to be registered as the nodal agency in order to pool resources from various industrial houses. It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on July 14, 1962. [1] The first exhibition, 'Electricity', was opened to the public on July 27, 1965. [2]
Museum is dedicated to Yelahanka chieftain Kempegowda (1513-1569) who is the founder of Bangalore city. The museum has Kempegowda's statue as well as posters and pictures of forts, temples, reservoirs and inscriptions from his time. 5 Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum [4] Bangalore Science Museum: 1965 National Council of Science ...
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Moːkśguṇam Viśveśvarayya; 15 September 1861 – 12/14 April 1962), [1] [2] also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, [3] who served as the 19th Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.
Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum was instituted as part of the centenary celebrations of the engineer-statesman Sir M. Visvesvaraya (1861–1962) at Kasturba Road. HAL Aerospace Museum showcases the growth of the Indian aviation industry and HAL for six decades. The museum is maintained by HAL (one of Asia's largest Aerospace ...
The foundation for India's science museum network was laid with the establishment of the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum in Kolkata in 1959. [5] This was followed by the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum in Bangalore in 1965. [6]
The first science museum, Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata under CSIR43, was opened on 2 May 1959. In July 1965, the second science museum of the country, the Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum (VITM) was opened in Bangalore.
It is the birthplace of M. Visvesvaraya, [1] ... The museum was renovated in view of his 150th birth ceremonies conducted on 15 September 2010. [5] References
Indian Museum, Kolkata, established in 1814, is the oldest and the largest [2] museum in Asia. It has a collection of 22,00,000 plus artifacts. [ 3 ] Victoria Memorial in Kolkata , established in 1921.