Publication

The Department over the last 50 years has re-printed and also produced many publications namely, the monographs of J.P. Mills and Hutton, Brief Historical Account of Nagaland, Nagas in the 19th Century, Arts and Craft of Nagaland, Folk Tales from…

Development of Archives

The State Archives has been collecting and maintaining non-current records and rendering its services to scholars, administrators, historians and individuals. Most of the records were collected and brought from the districts as well as from neighbouring states by officials of…

Functions & Duties

The Department of Art and Culture deals with the tangible and intangible heritage of our people. It also aims to build a bridge of values between the past and the present through conservation and maintenance of monuments, historic and legendary…

ABOUT US

Introduction The Directorate of Art and Culture, formerly known as the Naga Institute of Culture, came into being on the 1st November 1964. The objective initially was to carry on research on Naga Life and Culture and a Research Library.…