Museums are important centers of intellectual development and cultural understanding, part of the common heritage of humanity, reports
Sunday, May 12, 2024
New York (Urdu Point News Latest - NNI. May 12, 2024) World Museums Day will be celebrated on May 18, including Pakistan, under the auspices of the United Nations. The purpose of celebrating this day is to benefit from learning, acquiring knowledge and developing culture. A subsidiary of the United Nations (UNESCO) has designated May 18 as the International Day of Museums to highlight the role of museums in preserving beauty, culture and history.
Museums are important centers of intellectual development and cultural understanding, part of the common heritage of humanity. Museums require special protection in times of armed conflict. Russian citizen Nicholas Roerich mobilized artists and intellectuals in the 1920s to establish the Banner of Peace with reference to museums and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage.
After World War II, UNESCO continued the effort and additional conventions were drawn up on the protection of cultural and educational institutions in times of armed conflict, the most important of which was the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. It should be clear that museums help to build new connections between nations, ethnic groups and communities through values such as beauty and harmony, which can play an important role in preserving common references.
Museums also establish links between past, present and future generations. On the occasion of World Museums Day, various programs and events organized by government and private institutions will be organized across the country to make the common man aware of the importance of museums and ensure the preservation of historical and cultural heritage. can go.
