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KOCHI: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will throw open two galleries at the Archaeological Museum, Mattancherry, to the public at 3 p.m. on Sunday, the International Museum Day. These new galleries, the Kerala History gallery and Portrait gallery, display photographs, maps and portraits of the Kochi Kings. The ASI, Thrissur Circle, has organised a lecture on ‘Pattanam Excavations-Recent Findings’ by P.J. Cherian, Director of the Kerala Council for Historical Researchat Hotel Fort Queen, Fort Kochi, at 11 a.m. to mark the Day. The International Council of Museums (ICOM) has chosen ‘Museums as Agents of Social Change and Development’ as the theme for this year’s Museum Day. .

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