The local observances for International Museum Day have been postponed due toThe Guyana National Museum.the recently held Regional and General Elections.International Museum Day (IMD) is observed every year on or around 18 May, coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). This year the theme: “Museums for a sustainable society” was chosen because of the importance museums play in society. The occasion provides the opportunity for museum professionals to meet the public and alert them to the challenges that museums face.According to the Museum of African Heritage and the Walter Rodney Museum of Anthropology,Cheap Jerseys Supply, it is likely that the observances will take place sometime in June.Yesterday the local museum doors were opened to the public as usual even though it was a special day in the land of knowledge and history.This year’s theme recognizes the role of museums in raising public awareness about the need for a society that is less wasteful, more cooperative and uses resources in a way that respects living systems.Each year’s International Museum Day theme is proposed by ICOM’s network and aims to promote museum issues within society.Each year,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, all museums around the world are invited to participate in IMD to promote the role of museums universally, creating unique, enjoyable and free activities around a theme discussed within the ICOM community for this special day. Since its creation in 1977, International Museum Day has gained increasing attention. In 2009, International Museum Day attracted the participation of 20,000 museums hosting events in more than 90 countries. In 2010, 98 countries participated in the celebration,Cheap NFL Jerseys, with 100 in 2011, and 30,000 museums in 129 countries in 2012. In 2011, the official IMD poster was translated into 37 languages. In 2012, this number jumped by one to 38.In observing the occasion this year ICOM President, Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Hinz, said “Museums,NFL Jerseys China, as educators and cultural mediators, are adopting an increasingly vital role in contributing to the definition and implementation of sustainable development and practices. Museums must be able to guarantee their role in safeguarding cultural heritage, given the increasing precariousness of ecosystems, situations of political instability, and the associated natural and man made challenges that may arise. Museum work, through education and exhibitions for example, should strive to create a sustainable society.Guyana National Museum was established on 13 February 1868.? The idea of starting a museum was conceived by members of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society (RACS) of British Guiana. When RACS was established in 1844, one of its aims was to construct a Museum to house local minerals, soils, timbers, fruits, seeds, gums, resins, dyes and drugs, as well as the flora and fauna of the country. British explorer Robert Schomburgk, the German botanist Carl Ferdinand Appun, Mr. Bratt,Cheap Jerseys USA, and W.H. Campbell presented gifts (including 55 indigenous woods, minerals from England, and specimens of botany and geology) to the RACS in order to start a Museum Collection. A fire in 1864 destroyed the donated collections.A British Guiana Museum Company was established in 1867 for the construction of a building “which should be the permanent home of science,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, art, and industry.” This project received great financial support from the public and the new museum on Company Path was opened on 13 February 1868. The Colonist newspaper of that date described it as a “magnificent structure.”