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ICI Orissa Art Conservation Centre, Bhubaneshwar

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A Conservation Centre in the premises of the State Museum at Bhubaneshwar was established in 1995.

Address:
State Museum Premises,
Bhubaneswar-751014, Orissa, INDIA.
Phone: (0674) 432638;
Fax: (0674) 409209, 400599.
Email: icioacc@sancharnet.in

Facilities Available		A view of the laboratory, Conservation Centre, Bhubaneswar
	Conservation Laboratory
	Pigment Analysis Section
	Photography Section
	Digitization

Important Conservation and Restoration Projects Undertaken
	Conservation of Palm Leaf Manuscripts of the Orissa State Museum:
	Conservation of Wall Paintings of Orissa at: - Biranchi Narayan Matha, Buguda - Jagannath Temple, Dharakote - Radhakanta Math, Ottarkera
	Research and Documentation of Wall and Cave Painting Sites in Orissa
	Strategy for Documentation and Preservation of Manuscripts and Painting Skills in Orissa
	Conservation of Kurupam Tomb, a historical structure
	Conservation of Oil Paintings of the Orissa Secretariat
	Conservation of the Samaj (daily) Library, Cuttack
	Pattachitras of Orissa State Museum collection.
	Photographs of Orissa State Archives collection.
	Arms and armory of Orissa State Museum collection.
	Copper plates of Epigraphy Section, Orissa State Museum collection
	Coins of Numismatics Section, Orissa State Museum collection
	Marble statue of Orissa State Museum collection
	Stone sculptures of Raj Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.
	Tanjore paintings of the Oberoi collection.
	Mural paintings in the Dharakote Palace, Ganjam Distt., Orissa
	The collection of paper, wood, clay and photographs of Manu Smriti Sangrahalaya in Orissa
	More than 1,61,000 palm leaf manuscripts have been surveyed and documented in 27 districts of Orissa, with the support of Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD), upto April 2005.
	Paintings, lithographs, etc. of Calcutta Club, Kolkata.
	Mural Paintings in Holy Name Cathedral, Mumbai.
	More than 10,000 folios of rare manuscripts in K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai.
	Collections of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Birth Place Museum, Cuttack.

Other Activities
	Mural Workshops are held on conservation of art objects, archival material, palm leaf and paper manuscripts, etc for various interest groups including school children.
	Training Courses are organized for curators, librarians, art conservators and custodians of manuscripts from India and abroad on preventive and curative conservation of palm leaf and paper Manuscripts.
	Revived traditional style of mural paintings in Village Raghurajpur, and trained local people in the technique particularly descendents of traditional artists who had taken to other vocations for want of patronage.
	Center provided local coordination support to different Departments of Government of Orissa and Department of Tourism, Government of India in socio-economic and infrastructural upgradation of Raghurajpur. Also helping the trained artisans in getting orders for executing traditional murals in homes as a part of decorations.

National Mission for Manuscripts Project: This Centre has been selected, for implementing at Bhubaneshwar and region around it, the project of National Mission for Manuscripts launched by the Department of Culture, Government of India. The Centre surveys, documents, the collections of Manuscripts in the region and educate the custodians and /or owners of such collections in the correct method of their proper upkeep, preventive conservation and minor curative conservation.

The Team
ICI Orissa Art Conservation Centre, Bhubaneshwar
Mr. Anupam Kumar Sah, Director
• Mr. Mallika Mitra, Senior Conservator
• Mr. Iswar Chandra Das, Accountant/Office Assistant
• Mr. Prakash Chandra Swain, Technician
• Mr. Sunil Kumar Sahoo, Technician
• Mr. Manoj Kumar Mohanty, Survey Assistant
• Mr. Subash Chandra Bara, Survey Assistant
• Mr. Abhiram Sahu, Survey Assistant
• Mr. Sudhansu Behera, Survey Assistant
• Mr. Pratap Kumar Barisalya, Technical Assistant
• Mr. Biswa Narayan Sahoo, Technical Assistant
• Mr. Abhimanyu Panigrahi, Technical Assistant
• Mr. Bishnu Prasad Naik, Training Assistant
• Mr. Prakash Ranjan Das, Computerized Documentation Assistant