The Way Forward: Museum Education in India — Part I

The German Chancellor Fellowship awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2018 afforded me the opportunity to study diverse approaches to education in German museums. (Read more about my project here). In this two-part series, I will share some of my observations and learnings from my yearlong research stay in Germany as a Humboldt Fellow.

Before I dive in, I would like to begin with a disclaimer. First, museums in India, with respect to their funding structure, policy, history and reception, are different from museums in Germany…