Virtual Experiential Museum inaugurated in Varanasi by PM Modi

Recently, Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated the Virtual Experiential Museum (VEM) in Varanasi, established by the National Council of Science Museum (NCSM). The museum is set up inside the centrally protected monument observatory of Man Mahal and at this VEM, people will get see to the work of NCSM, wherein they have displayed several cultural aspects of the city of Varanasi by using latest virtual reality technology.
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Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is behind the designing and curation of this museum. Besides, the organization also helped in preparing scripts for documentaries that would be shown here.

It surely is going to be an extraordinary experience watching the holy ghats of Varanasi in VEM. Besides, at the VEM, tourists will also get to witness weaving of saris, classical museum, Ram Leela, and beetle shop, among others. Visitors will get to experience all these things with the help of a curved TV screen, paintings, and projectors, among others.
The museum will also tell the story of Ganga’s arrival on Earth and how it flourished here, and it will be narrated in the most interesting manner.

The Man Mahal, where the museum is set up, was built by Raja Man Singh in 1600 AD. He was a close associate of the famous Mughal Emperor Akbar. Much later, Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed an observatory here to study the movement and stars and planets.

Entry fee

Entry ticket: INR 25 (For Indians and for visitors from SAARC and BIMSTEC), INR 300 (Foreigners)
Entry is free for children below 15 years
The museum will remain open from sunrise to sunset everyday.