Marking the 109th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh National Museum in the capital, speakers at a seminar stated that the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the visionary behind all the necessary transformations of today’s National Museum from the Dhaka Museum. “Bangabandhu’s selfless contribution in establishing today’s National Museum was immense. He played a key role in converting the Dhaka Museum into a National Museum and allotted land for the museum space,” said State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid on Sunday at the Poet Sufia Kamal auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh in the capital. Read: BSA to organise month-long exhibition commemorating mournful August Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar titled 'Dhaka to National Museum: History of Transformation' on the 109th anniversary of the Bangladesh National Museum, KM Khalid said: “Whenever we go to enact a new law, we get surprised to discover that Bangabandhu has already enacted it during his three-and-a-half-year reign after our Independence in 1971. This shows how wise and far-reaching Bangabandhu was. Our laws only need to be amplified, modified and revised as the times require.” He mentioned that the National Museum has about 1 lakh artifacts, out of which only 5 percent are being displayed. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has taken steps to modernize the National Museum as per the instructions of the Prime Minister and if the project is implemented, the number of galleries can be increased and more artifacts can be displayed.