Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad strives to conserve and restore artefacts
The HinduThe third floor of the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad is abuzz with efforts to breathe new life into priceless treasures from the past. Salar Jung Museum is among the five museums across the country that will undertake 3D digitisation as part of a Government of India initiative to conserve and retain the cultural identity of the collection. Kalapana adds, “We also add a chemical to remove metallic stains.” Textile conservation “Yeh masrath hai; Maharaja jis gadde pe baitthe hain, yeh us gadde ke neeche daalte hain,” says Akram, a darner showing us a thick velvet sheet, whose threads have either got torn or loosened. “This exquisite 19th-century piece is from Salar Jung’s collection,” says Kalpana, adding the Ministry of Culture is keen to train more people in the dying skill of darning. “It is laborious to stitch every thread into the cloth and quite a strain on the darner’s eyes; they need breaks in between.” Regarding conservation works costs, museum director Nagender Reddy says they send a request to the Central Government about conservation project proposals and budget allocation.
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