nagpur while a museum is expected to be a storehouse of fascinating histories surrounding various objects the central museum of the city asks to be excusedconsider this all rocks iron ore manganese or copper are given the same label minerals in the mammal gallery apart from the names there is no information about what a gaur is where it is found or what do primates eat this is for all the animals on display be it fox or barking deerarup ghosh a medical engineer who visited the museum with his family wished there was some information about animals like dhole panglin or ratufa indian that he could share with his kidsone might argue about the arrival of kiosks that flash sliding images of objects in the museum which were installed only recently in december 2016 but like most people ghosh wasnt aware of its usage when toi visited the museum there was no message on the kiosk that would guide visitors on its usage the mammal avian and reptile gallery are all about objects and little about informationhemant rathod a std xii student of pandit baccharaj college admires a box full of different butterfly species donated to the museum by a collector there is no information here about where these butterflies are collected from do these species still exist are they endangered it would have been interesting to know he saysa panel in the avian gallery shows birds of asia europe and usa but fails to name them or give any more information it may still be argued that the visitors only need to be directed to the recently installed kiosks but the art and craft gallery doesnt even have one the kiosk in the painting gallery showed no information apart from the name of the paintingin the art and craft gallery a common title brass and bronze objects houses an array of objects idols vases toys lamps instruments and temple objects there is no information about where they are sourced from or which period they belong to there are lakh wood objects but how many of us know what lakh wood iswhoever is new to the subject of art will not quite understand the significance of these objects schoolchildren regularly visit the museum if theres no information what will they know they merely glance at the objects and rush says vinod rathod founder of khat vidyalaya in mauda talukathe painting gallery showcases neatly stacked paintings but offers no idea on the concept of miniatures or its likes vs gaitonde the regions only avant garde painters painting worth crores strikes no significance with visitorarms and weapons gallery is also clueless about its objects about 25 types of axes come under one single label tribal arms a simple name mughal period weapons encompasses everything from swords shields headgears and more guns swords and knives of the british period have no information about its make or the metal usedaccording to the 14point policy issued by the