{"id":6740,"date":"2025-08-11T10:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=6740"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:17:48","slug":"building-the-future-of-mauritius-cultural-heritage-progress-at-the-national-archives-and-national-library-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=6740","title":{"rendered":"Building the future of Mauritius\u2019 Cultural Heritage: Progress at the National Archives and National Library site"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6740\" class=\"elementor elementor-6740\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aaf128 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8aaf128\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be12a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be12a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Building the future of Mauritius\u2019 Cultural Heritage: Progress at the National Archives and National Library site<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accb25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"accb25a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a2bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ministry of Arts and Culture has made significant progress in the construction of \u00a0a state of the Art building to house the National Archives Dept and the National Library, is a landmark project sprawled over land of 2.82 acres at R\u00e9duit Triangle, Moka. This project is a vital step towards preserving the rich cultural heritage of our country and creating accessible spaces for knowledge, research, and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Government of India through a Line of Credit USD 13 million.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent site visit, Honourable Mahendra Gondeea, OSK, Minister of Arts and Culture was joined by H.E Mr. Anurag Srivastava, High Commissioner of India to Mauritius. Together, they reviewed the ongoing works, which have already reached 23% completion. The visit enabled direct engagement with engineering teams to address technical challenges and monitor project implementation.<\/p>\n<p>The building will be equipped with modern amenities such as a humidity-controlled environment for preserving archival documents, energy-efficient natural lighting, and\u00a0 modern reading rooms.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to be completed by December 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44c149 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c44c149\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e0246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"42e0246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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