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Bangalore’s Newest Museum, Home to a 60,000-Object Collection of South Asian Visual Culture, Will Open in December

“The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) in Bangalore announced today that it will open its doors in the South Indian tech hub on December 11.

According to a press release, MAP is the first new public museum to open in India in a decade.

Spearheaded by founder, industrialist, and art collector Abhishek Poddar, the museum released an online encyclopedia called MAP Academy in April 2022 in an effort to publish over 2,000 entries by a team of 19 full-time writers and editors.”

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