Bhubaneswar,(Kalinga Voice): As a new initiative Odisha State Tribal Museum goes virtual during the COVID19 pandemic. The virtual tour will enable the audience to visualize the exclusive tribal artifacts, habitats, and unique aspects of the Tribal Museum.
Established in 1952, the Museum of Tribal Art & Artifacts now known as
Odisha State Tribal Museum celebrates the life and culture of Odisha’s 62 tribal communities and is regarded as one of the best Tribal Museums in India. Located in Bhubaneswar, it is popularly called the Tribal Museum. The Museum has been
conceptualized as a ‘Museum of Man’ showcasing the rich cultural past and
present of Odisha’s tribes. A hub of anthropological knowledge for visitors and research scholars, the Museum’s primary role is to represent the richness of indigenous tribal cultures and multifaceted religion, cultural and social systems followed by tribal communities.
An innovative initiative (Virtual Tour of Odisha State Tribal Museum) has
been taken by ST & SC Development Department, to enable the audience to
visualize the exclusive artifacts and unique aspects of Tribal Museum being at home. One can visit the face-book and twitter pages @scstrti, @scstdev. In every Sunday visitors can virtually visit museum. The virtual tour will continue for 14 weeks, which begins from 2nd August, says Prof. Dr. A. B. Ota, Director, SCSTRTI.
