World’s first Online Sikh Museum project launches at new exhibition thanks to lottery funding
Sikh Museum Initiative given funding for an online museum Objects will be 3d modelled from public and private collections People will be trained up in digital skills The objects will be seen using virtual reality googles Online Sikh Museum project The Sikh Museum Initiative and ArtSikh present the Contemporary
Special lecture: Sikh Arms and Armour in the Royal Collection report
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, 18th October 2017 A special lecture on Sikh Arms and Armour took place on 18th October 2017 at New Walk Museum, Leicester. The speaker was historian and author Gurinder Singh Mann also head of the Sikh Museum Initiative. The lecture was part of
The great antiques heist in Punjab
The sculpture found in Sangrur that was stolen. The great antiques heist in Punjab Unchecked all the time, unnoticed at times, history is being stolen systematically While digging a mound, a 10-year-old girl discovered a stone sculpture at Mard Khera village in Sangrur in 1980. Villagers placed it in a
Anglo Sikh Wars 1845-1849 First ever 3D augmented reality exhibition launched in Leicester
From left to right – Councillor Piara Singh Clair, Head of Museums Sarah Levitt, Daljit Singh Makan, Head of SMI Gurinder Singh Mann, Captain Makand Singh, , Captain Mark Hughes, SMI’s Raj Mann. First ever 3D augmented reality exhibition launched in Leicester: Anglo Sikh Wars 1845-1849 A new interactive exhibition,
3D Zirah Bouk Dagger (Armour piercer).
Interactive 3D Model viewable online – 3D Zirah Bouk Dagger (Armour piercer). Part of a project to create digital assets to highlight relics and artefacts and in turn preserve heritage. Taran 3d has recreated an Indian/persian weapon in 3d to highlight how heritage can be preserved. 3D Zirah Bouk Dagger
SMI Lecture: Sikh Relics and Artefacts in the UK
Sikh Relics and Artefacts in the UK On Tuesday 8th March 2016, the University of Leicester’s Sikh Society and the Sikh Museum Initiative proudly presented a a double guest speaker event. The first speaker: Harry Singh, spoke about the ‘Revolutionary Spiritualism of Guru Nanak to Evolutionary Sikhism of Guru Gobind
Maharaja Duleep Singh Memorial at Bassian sees few visitors
The Maharaja Duleep Singh Memorial, on which the Punjab government spent Rs 5 crore, is struggling to pay its electricity dues just eight months after its high-profile inauguration by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. It has also just about scraped up enough to pay its 10 employees three months backwages
The scripture of Guru Gobind Singh: New book explores the Sikh art of War
Following up a best-selling book (Sri Dasam Granth Sahib: Questions and Answers. Archimedes Press) is hard to top, but that is what scholars Kamalroop Singh and Gurinder Singh Mann have achieved with the Granth of Guru Gobind Singh: Essays, Lectures and Translations (OUP). The Sikhs believe in the primary scripture,
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama gets facelift
The freshly painted statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the entrance of the panorama gives a fresh look. The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panoramo, Amritsar houses many Sikh artefacts and relics. This includes Sikh weapons, manuscripts and a historic chair of Ranjit Singh. The Municipal Corporation has given a complete facelift to
Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan (Accepting pre-orders for Dec 2015 release)
New book uncovers the lost Sikh Heritage in Pakistan ‘LOST HERITAGE – The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan’, by Amardeep Singh, a 60 chapter narrative in over 50,000 words, interspersed with 517 photographs presents the diverse remnants of the community across the country. Seven decades after the searing partition of 1947,
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