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Mumbai's Oldest Museum

Formerly the Victoria and Albert Museum

Mumbai's Oldest Museum

Formerly the Victoria and Albert Museum

The Museum Collection

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Family Programmes

Guided Tours, Workshops, Free Activity Days

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Free Guided Tour every Saturday

English: 11:30 am

Marathi/Hindi: 12:30 pm

Tours for schools and colleges available

contact: education@bdlmuseum.org

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Virtual Exhibition

In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture

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EXHIBITION

Now available online!

'Mumbai - A City Through Objects,
101 Stories from the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum'

Edited by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta
Co-published with HarperCollins' new imprint, HarperDesign

Click here to buy your copy and support the Museum!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Online Science Session | Let there be Light

In collaboration with STEAM Academy

English: Friday, 17 Mar, 2023
Hindi: Friday, 24 Mar, 2023
11 am - 12 pm

Join us as we learn the evolution of lighting from coal, gas, kerosene, and electricity to LED and gradually towards solar energy today.

An animated scene of a royal hunt or shikar, executed in minute details on gold tracery, is depicted on the lid of this box from Nathdwara in Rajasthan. It is a fine example of the Rajasthani thewa work that originated in Pratapgarh. Thewa work involved fusing glass and an overlaid tracing on gold foil at high temperatures on metal or silver parcel-gilt. Snuff boxes, jewellery, brooches, and salvers executed in the thewa style were very popular in the Western market in the 19th - early 20th century.

COLLECTION

Object of the Month

Box, gold foil, glass, silver, late 19th - early 20th century, Nathdwara.
Acquired by the Museum in 1925.

Workshops For Schools

Engage with the museum collection
and contemporary exhibitions critically
and creatively through interpretative
gallery visits and workshops!

For all age groups.

LEARN

Workshops for schools

Available on request

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talks at the museum

03/2023

VIRTUAL TOUR

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Museum Expansion

The Museum is in the process of creating a dynamic new identity
for itself as a cultural hub in Mumbai. We are excited to
welcome a new building, which will be an iconic addition to the
architectural and cultural heritage of the city.

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The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai City Museum seeks to serve the community as an Institution dedicated to excellence in cultural education through exhibitions and unique visual and intellectual media

An Institution of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Supported by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Restored by INTACH, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage

ADDRESS

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Veer Mata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan (Rani Baug),
91/A, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road,
Byculla East Mumbai 400027 India

CURRENT TIMINGS

Temporarily Closed

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