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International Museum Day - May 18
May 18 , 2019
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- International Museum Day is celebrated annually on May 18.
- The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of museums as means of cultural exchange.
- The International Council of Museums organized the first International Museum Day in 1977.
- The theme of 2019 celebration is “Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition”.
- The World’s first public museum was founded in Britain in 1753.
- Started in 1851, the Government Museum or Madras Museum in Chennai is the second oldest museum in India after the Indian Museum in Kolkata.
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