My Room My Muesum
Through the course of our lives,
we bide our time doing particular tasks that may either help us to earn our
living or build the staircases to our futures and careers. However, amidst
these compulsory tasks, most of us also do things which we enjoy doing. Such
activities are called ‘hobbies.’
Hobbies are activities which help
us escape the daily grind of life and work and give us pleasure and peace of
mind. Because we are not being ordered to perform certain jobs which we may not
be fond of, hobbies help to inculcate an appreciation for work rather than
driving us away from it.
The interesting thing about
hobbies is that they dramatically improve our own personalities and character
traits, therefore improving our performances better on the whole. They help us
discover talents and abilities which we may never have known ourselves to
possess, also giving us an insight of all the elements around us, making us
learn new things each day. For instance, hobbies like stamp collecting, bird
watching, photography, sports and music make our time worthwhile and give us
information about different things.
Pandemic & innovative ways to exhibit
Several participants including
children & adults alike, turnout with their exhibits at Goa Science Center
at Miramar, Panaji to showcase their hobbies & interests on 18th May every
year to commemorate International Museum Day.
This year, due to ongoing
Covid-19 pandemic & all across the world observing lockdown & social
distancing, Goa Philatelic & Numismatic Society, while keeping everyone's
safety in mind have come up with an innovative way to utilize the Facebook's
Social Media Platform to showcase our hobbies digitally by way of Virtual
Exhibition called MY ROOM MY MUSEUM, the exhibits will include personal
collections of stamps, coins, banknotes & some other interesting items. The
digital platform will help us reach a wider audience not only in Goa but all
across the world.
Exhibition Highlights
The exhibits are divided into three
Categories:
a) Philately
(Stamps & stamps related),
b) Numismatic
(Coins & Banknotes) and
c) Other
categories.
Museum Day Commemoration
Every year on 18 May
International Museum Day is observed to raise awareness among people about the
museums as an important means of cultural exchange and development of mutual
understanding, cooperation and peace among people.
The 2020 theme - Museums for Equality: Diversity and
Inclusion
International Museum Day: History
In 1977, the International Museum
Day was created by the International Council of Museums
(http://imd.icom.museum). Every year this organisation chooses a separate theme
and co-ordinated every year. Some of the themes focus on the globalization,
indigenous peoples, bridging cultural gaps, caring for the environment etc. On
this day, since 1977, every year all the museums of the world are invited to
participate and promote the role of museums in the world by organising several
activities which are focused on the theme. Do you know that in 2009,
International Museum Day attracted the participation of 20,000 museums hosting
events in more than 90 countries? In 2010, 98 countries participated, 100
countries in 2011 participated and in 2012 around 30,000 museums from 129
countries participated.
Facebook Page Link
The link for our Facebook Page
https://bit.ly/3cr6TEM, the Virtual Exhibition will go Live on 18th May, 2020.
GPNS HISTORY
In Goa we had philatelists &
numismatics but the organisation required to help them to develop this hobby
was absent. In 1974 a few like minded enthusiasts came together at the
residence of Shri. V. R. Navelkar at Margao to fulfill the long felt need to
unite the philatelists and the numismatists of Goa under one banner and form a
society and finally, on 27/04/1975 in Margao the society to be called as
"The Goa Philatelic and Numismatic Society" was formed. The society
has got its own constitution and it is affiliated to Philatelic Congress of
India, New Delhi since 1979.
Shri Pratapsingh Rane, the then
Law Minister, formally inaugurated the society on 20.12.1975 and it was during
this time that the society had arranged the first official exhibition in Margao
at the Municipal Hall. This exhibition had a section on Numismatology and it
was well attended.
The main objectives of the
society were
1. To arrange exhibitions and competitions
2. To arrange film shows, talks and demonstrations on the
subject
3. To publish a periodical
4. To approach the concerned authorities to provide special
cancellations (FDC) in
Goa
5. To request Government
authorities to provide facilities for developing these hobbies in Goa
Since,
inception, Goa Philatelic & Numismatic Society (GPNS) have organised many
exhibitions named GOAPEX-77 (15-17 May 1977), GOAPEX 81 (18-20 Dec. 1981),
GOAPEX 1983 (25-27 Nov. 1983), GOAPEX-1995, GOAPEX, 2014 and GOAPEX 2019.
An Ayush Festival of Stamps
was held on 17th and 18th October, 2017at ESG, Panjim
in collaboration with Ayush Ministry, Department of Posts and GPNS. About 50
frames on various Ayush themes, such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and
Homepathy along with the Health themes were exhibited by senior philatelists
such as Shri V R Navelcar, Dr.M.R.Ramesh Kumar, Mrs R R Radha Bai, Shri Sheik
Samiruddin, Roland De Melo, Ashelsh Kamat and Avinash Anaokaretc
-Dr. M.R. Ramesh Kumar
Goa Philately and Numismatics Society,
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