Centenary celebrations of Bangladesh National Museum

Marking the centenary celebrations of Bangladesh National Museum, a painting competition for children was recently held at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Sangrahashala (art gallery).
Mymensingh district administration organised the painting competition.
Eighty nine children from different educational institutions from class one to class ten of the town and outside took part in the competition in four groups. The subjects of the competition were Open choice, Liberation War, Victory marking Independence and The speech of Bangabandhu on March 7.
Forty paintings from the four groups will be sent to the National Museum and after another scrutiny in Dhaka, the names of the winners will be announced. The National Museum will publish an album with the selected paintings of the children coming from 64 districts.
Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and Development) of Mymensingh, Shibir Bichitra Barua inaugurated the competition as chief guest. Dr. Bijoy Krishna Banik, deputy keeper of the art gallery presided over the inaugural session.
The judges of the competition were--Mohammad Abdur Rouf, lecturer of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Fine Arts Institute and Poritosh Majumder, assistant expert at National Academy for Primary Education (NAPE), Mymensingh.
The chief guest said, the National Museum was established in 1913, a significant milestone as Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize that year. The National Museum is a stakeholder of our culture and tradition, said the chief guest.
Mymensingh, a town is renowned for the world famous artiste Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin and the child artists of today will one day bring more fame and glory for Mymensingh, concluded the chief guest.