World Collections Programme and India

The WCP is funding or will be engaged in the following activity:

1) A British Library-led scoping project to begin to develop better bilateral relationships in India. The BL will act as a representative for the WCP and therefore seek to develop links which could be of benefit to other WCP partners.

2) Digitise key records from the India Office Records collection at the BL for use in the UK and India. 

3) Indian Life and Landscapes: Paintings and Drawings by Western Artists, 1670 - 1900. This is a collaborative exhibition developed jointly by the V&A and CSMVS (Mumbai) to be shown at the CSMVS (opening December 2008) with the possibility of touring to other Indian venues afterwards.

4) The WCP has provided a contribution towards the British Museum’s 2008 International Curatorial Summer School, which has been adapted to make best use of the expertise of all six institutions. Representatives from museums in India secured places on this Summer School.