Museum
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
Ibadan, Dec. 28, 2018 (NAN) The National Museum of Unity, Ibadan, says financial constraint constituted a huge challenge to the achievement of its goals in 2018.
The Curator, Dr Amos Olorunnipa, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Friday.
“Financial predicament created a huge challenge during the year.
“We also had inadequate furniture and working materials for staffers; public awareness of the cultural protection and support for the museum development was low.
“There was erratic electricity supply and lack of good drinking water.
“If these challenges are addressed, we will make more progress in 2019,” Olorunnipa said.
He, however, told NAN that, in spite of the challenges, the museum organised capacity building workshops on ‘adire’ fabric and some other homemade products for staff members and other stakeholders.
Olorunnipa said that the museum organised an art and craft exhibition during the year in collaboration with the Galaxy Television.
He added that it held music, dance and cultural programmes for the physically challenged to bring out talents in them and give them a sense of belonging.
“There was much improvement in the Craft Village as we have Juliana Craft Centre and Tailoring Services, among others.
“There was re-construction of the collapsed museum fence, building of additional craft shop within the premises, re-opening of the museum kitchen with a better hand and re-organisation of the antiquity storage collection to world standards.
“We were able to hold all our international days including International Museum Day and International Day for Monuments and Sites; we had an additional exhibition referred to as Re-Org Exhibition Gallery, among others,” he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Mustapha Lamidi/Ijeoma Popoola