Monday, February 21, 2005

Planning a cyber-maritime museum

Goa Miscellania CAN IT HAPPEN? A GOAN MARITIME MUSEUM? Journalist Melvyn Misquita and Cliford Pereira are working on plans to build a proposed 'Goan Maritime Museum', possibly in cyberspace. The meet to discuss this happens on February 22, 2005 at 10 am at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research. There will be a brief presentation by Melvyn on his work on the 'SS Britannia' and another by Cliff on his work with the National Maritime Museum in London and his findings on 'Goan fatalities in World War II'. Mario Alvares will make a presentation on the GMM website. Melvyn can be contacted on phone 0 9422064707