AMC to gift heritage museum to citizens

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to open a heritage museum in the city in a step towards celebrating and building a brand over its recently acquired ‘World Heritage City’ tag. 

After a meeting of civic body officials with heritage experts on Tuesday, AMC chief Mukesh Kumar said a heritage museum dedicated to exhibit and display of Ahmedabad’s heritage will come up to attract more visitors and tourists. 

“We are considering the old civic body building for the museum but space is a constraint. We will request the Calico Museum to allow more entries, as they allow only 20 visitors a day,” said Kumar. 

It was also decided in the meeting that the 14-day Heritage Festival beginning August 1 will have various theme-based programmes. Lectures on topics such as Parsis and their contribution to Ahmedabad, Jews and their contribution to Ahmedabad, city during Sultanate period and Modern Ahmedabad would also be held. 

Mayor Gautam Shah also briefed the heritage experts on how Ahmedabad became the first World Heritage City of the country. “In future, Ahmedabad will be a guide for other Indian cities,” he said.

As part of the celebrations, experts suggested to start a magazine on heritage and invite international and national-level writers; make a new theme song on Amdavad, among others.