Museum Grant Scheme

The Museum Grant Scheme under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, provides financial assistance for setting up new museums and strengthening and modernizing existing ones at regional, state, and district levels. The scheme also promotes digitization of museum collections to make images and catalogues accessible online and focuses on capacity building of museum professionals. It supports institutions such as Central and State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings, Societies, Autonomous Bodies, Local Bodies, Academic Institutions, and Trusts registered under the Societies Act. Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided for establishing and developing museums, digitizing art objects, and training museum professionals. It covers a wide range of museums, including those with collections of antiquities, numismatics, paintings, ethnological objects, folk art, textiles, stamps, and other art and craft items, as well as online virtual museums, theme-based museums, Virtual Experiential Museums (VEM), and projects of national importance. For effective implementation, a Project Monitoring Committee reviews progress, and beneficiary museums must submit annual visitor (footfall) data for five years after project completion. Monitoring The museums granted financial assistance under the scheme would be required to send yearly footfall in the museums for 5 years after the completion of the project. A Project Monitoring Committee/cell constituted in the Ministry will periodically monitor and review the progress of the scheme for its effective implementation. Scheme Components 1. The Scheme will have 3 components as given below : 1. Development and Establishment of Museums at the regional, state and District level 1. Digitization of Museum Collections 1. Capacity building and training of Museum Professionals