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Introduction
Conflict are a part of our life, but do we have a place to resolve it? Yes now we do, a place like Conflictorium is present in our busy yet beautiful city of Ahmedabad. Museums are considered a place where mainly you can see and experience the journey of mankind however this one is not such a museum. In this place you have different spaces with different activities that you can do and learn something valuable in each activity. Alternatively this museum has an important motive for which it was built in the first place, to give a place where people can interact with each other.” It is believed that conflicts can be solved by discussing “ (Tedx, 2013) And if you are thinking why would a city need such a place it is because of the rise in  riots and conflicts, we saw in starting of 2000’s.Over and above such riots created barriers between certain communities in Gujarat , which no one expected would last so long. “ one such survivor of the riot Imran Dawood said that the riot left no room for humanity” (bbc newsnight, 2015). A country like ours with such diversity will have conflicts, but such conflicts have impacted us deep till our core. The conflictorium gives you a sense of freedom to express yourself and will help you to resolve your own inner conflicts with yourself. “It is believed that conflict can be solved by emotion, logic and empathy” (Tedx, 2016). In the whole the place conflictorium can help a person to regain his/her life



History
A place with such a unique thought has a unique history like it. Ms. Bachuben Nagarwala was Ahmedabad’s first hair stylist who donated her house in which the museum is present now. She wanted a person who would put it in good use. Avni Sethi the director of museum bought it and started the museum. The museum was established on April 14 2013. The museum’s main motto is to share a space to share thoughts. The idea of this museum was given by the director herself. The idea to have such space emerged when she recognized the damage that was done by the different conflicts that has happened earlier. “Conflictorium is an archive of all clashes that have occurred in Gujarat since its inception, including that during its separation from the Bombay presidency in 1959 and the events of 2013”. (Better India, 2017) A larger idea behind the museum was to help people think about various conflicts in much deeper sense. The Whole space is also supported by NGOS like navsarjan, ideal Centre for social justice, Drishti and sahjeevan. The museum contains an original copy of the constitution of India, which is kept open for the visitors.” The place where the museum is situated has its own significance, as it is believed that the old city didn’t have many museums like the new part of the city” (Divaker, 2018).As a result this museum is different than the other Museum in our city.

Purpose
The 'conflictorium' gallery is India's first exhibition hall that rotated around the subject of contentions. As the Ahmedabad city has encountered different uproar's over in past decade. The executive Avni Sethi thought of demonstrating the impact of contentions by the method for workmanship. Thus, the vision behind conflictorium is to initiate every section of society aspiring towards the issues of Conflict, by having large number of people avoiding these issue in creative and artistic ways. As discussed earlier that the conflictorium museum being show the way of this SOCIAL issues with the help of creativity. Moreover, their main perceptions behind the idea of museum are that the people through this museum want to show an advance learning center of "peace and conflict" indeed by united ways by art, law, etc. They want to give a platform and innovative methods for giving a talk about the conflict. Their commitment is to support eliminated groups. As they wanted to have their own conflictorium in each area's so that ferocity would be reduced. For this idea the research play an essential element that helped to increase knowledge about conflict & set an example with using of juxtaposing art and providing the place for integral emotions. Eventually, they are trying to build a collaborated squad associated with different creative professions who wants to change the idea of response and thinking of people by the way of arts and other creativity

Programmes
The Conflictorium was set up with the vision of invigorating the city with alternative art and culture. For this purpose, since ages the conflictorium started offering many offers of Education and Training courses for adults. Same for the children and young adults, but in Gujarati and English. They had operated 300 events and exhibitions. They offer various types of programmes like Exhibitions, Cinema screening (documentaries, movies based on conflicts), Performances, Orientations, Community art installations etc. The different courses help participants to know how to deal with the conflicts, starting with the ‘self’ from childhood, then with the society’s group, regional and global conflicts. The aim of these non-residential courses is to introduce the generation to be aware of conflicts that is a part of our society and their surroundings so that they can communicate much better to the society. The other courses like ‘Citizenship and Rights’ and ‘Know Your Rights’ were for the children and young adults. In this course, they will introduce them the basic laws of our country like how to file an FIR, deal with police and other legal procedures. Even they guide them about their citizenship and rights they do have, so they can see themselves as citizens and know the importance of self Identity.

Museum management
The management of museum is very crucial and complex in the sense that it has a different type of management system. “Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.” .(brainyquotes 2013) Conflictorium museum doesn't have a permanent staff, and therefore they hire a  group consultants for the requirements of staff to take care of the museum (london press 2008). But the upper level management is done by NGO (Non profit organization), named Ideal Center for Social Justice (ICFSJ) and Navsarjan with the associate partners are Drishti and Sahjeevan, they all work as a team and manages the museum, whereas in the ground level there are some permanent caretakers (tedx 2013 )of the museum , who do the regular Necessity (tort) work of museum like cleaning, maintaining the discipline and also taking care of the instruments present in the museum. These People include Amit, Jain bhai who said me Interviewed at museum)”I care my museum from morning 5 to night 11 o clock “ .Also Jignesh, Mohini Mam, these are the supporting staff of the museum . The management also look after the interior design of the museum. The Haphazard way of managing the museum also causes them many problems but the ground level people, did handle in all thesituation. Also there no dispute in management of the museum.

Museum planning
As the conflictorium  museum have taken on complex roles in  communities effective museum planning is more important. Museum planning has its beginnings with the museum founder ‘AVNI SETHI. The museum building consist of two floor. Placing a strong emphasis on buildings ground floor it is devoted to conflicts that are taking place in the country. one part is devoted to the leaders of India and comprises of silhouettes of thought-leaders associated with the process of nation building also their views on countries conflicts, are kept as recordings .The other half of floor is being kept with pictures, paintings , and the views of the citizens on conflicts. The second floor of the museum is kept for exhibitors and anyone who want to use that place to showcase his/her exhibition or talent. There have been over 300 events showcased ranging from exhibitions, workshops, book readings and cinema screenings to talks, that reflect the ethos,Since 2013, having hosted over 50,000 visitors in the physical space. Numbers of other events took place like book fair, art gallery, discussions on current affairs, traditional dance events, performances community art installation, film screenings, training workshops. Its was the plan of the founder to open the museum in the old part of the city because out of the total museum in Ahmedabad city old city has only 2 museum The old city, has the general aura of being stuck in time. There still exists a perception that the old city is the trigger for most conflicts that take place in Ahmedabad Conflictorium is open to institutional partnership to generate content, have dialogue and co facilities ideas at the museum. The museum is happy to engage with groups and associations to help them create their own conflictorium and provide organisational and curatorial services. The museum is a Collaborative Project of 3 organizations janvi center of social justice and navsarjan,  associate partners; drishti and sahjeevan.

Museum funding
Also the funding system of the museum is very complex. As in Ahmedabad  there are more than 30 museum and all are government funded but, Conflictorium museum is private funded, there main fund supplier are the NGOs stated above and the tourists who pay donations to the museum also the miscellaneous cost like electricity bill, water bill, maintenance cost and others expenses are been funded by NGOs or the fund brought by the tourists by buying the products, the museum sells like T-shirts, bookmarks, postcards etc.V Divakar said “ the products which we made are in the memories of the historic era of India “ ( interviewed at museum) Therefore the museum do lot of programs, activities in the museum like screening, night shows, Exhibition to stay active and attract many tourists and fulfill their additional expense also the fees paid to the staff are Been given by the NGOs therefore by this process the funding and budgeting of Conflictorium museum is done. This private museum doesn't earn any profit,also there source of revenue is very less, many times the electricity bill is paid by the group of tourists and therefore they pay that as donation to the museum.

Integral parts of museum
Just like Conflict is integral to life, there are many integral parts of the museum which tells us about how a society manages conflicts because it reveals how mature our society is. Conflictorium is where we can take initiative to engage in every section of the society that how it deals with a variety of conflict issues. So firstly, there is ‘Conflict Timeline’ which gives us the voice from our history, reflecting the ruler’s perspectives. Then ‘Empathy Alley’ which shows that there is no difference between us and gods as we humans start behaving in perfect ways and show what we all are capable of even though the differences continue to shape our destiny even today. Then ‘Moral Compass’ which tells us that after tradition now modernity calls for a re-statement of what we shared to each other which are responsible to our present challenges and dilemmas. Then ‘Memory Lab’ tells us about the feelings of such visitors or people who came there to express instead of being silent inside their souls. Then ‘Power of The New’ tells us that apart of I and you, there is a third space which is beyond polarity but opens up the possibility of something entirely new. Then it comes to ‘Sorry Tree’ which depicts that Apologizing and forgiving someone are the most intense of all human behaviour which later transform the destinies in future. Then ‘Perspectives’ it means no two people have the same opinion but when they conflict, they try to understand each other’s emotions. Then ‘Third side Café’ gives us the feeling to appreciate the richness and variety of human cultures. Then ‘Gallery of Disputes’ teaches us that running away from something does not remove them so we should accept and acknowledge it. Then last ‘Conversation Quadrangle’ which makes us realize that there is only one thing that is common is the process of dialogues, interaction and conversation.

End Note
The museum store offers a wide range of merchandise unique to the conflictorium.

They want to be a world class resource centre on "peace and conflict " using art, law ,culture and the behavioural sciences in an integrated way.