Kindly note that the Museum is currently closed for maintenance.
For school and other group bookings contact education@bdlmuseum.org or +91 22 2372 1234
Groups may book themed tours on request. Particularly popular are tours that focus on the history, development and cultural heritage of Mumbai. Groups may also book interpretive tours of the Museum’s temporary special exhibitions. Our tours can be conducted for audiences of varied age and interests.
Please note that only full vaccinated adults will be permitted entry into the Museum. Please keep a digital or physical copy of your vaccination certificate ready before your visit.
Use of masks / face covers is mandatory at all times within the Museum premises and the Museum Plaza.
Senior Citizens, pregnant women and children below age of 5 should avoid visiting the Museum or take extra precautions.
To prevent overcrowding, the Museum will limit hourly ticket sales on the weekends. Visitors are requested to cooperate with the Museum staff to ensure everyone's safety.
To avoid the spread of Covid-19, please wait in a queue for tickets within the marked circles to ensure adequate distance between you and other visitors.
To avoid the spread of Covid-19, we have temporarily suspended the baggage counter.
Please clean your hands with the hand sanitizer kept at the entrance before entering the Museum galleries.
Please do not move around the Museum premises and the Museum Plaza in groups of more than two or three people.
Please avoid touching any showcases or barricades.
Single use plastic bottles are not allowed in the Museum
Please deposit single use masks or gloves only at the dustbin allocated in the Museum premises.
Please wash your hands using liquid soap in the rest rooms, located in the Museum Plaza
Filtered drinking water is available in the Museum Plaza.
Please contact the gallery attendants or the Museum staff in case of any emergency.
The Museum will stay open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on all days except Wednesdays and select public holidays. The ticket counter will close at 5:30 pm. The Museum will remain shut on Wednesdays.
The Museum Library will remain closed to visitors and researchers till further notice.
The Museum Cafe, and the Education Centre will remain closed to the visitors till further notice.
Visitors are requested to co-operate with Museum staff and security personnel to ensure safety and follow all rules and regulations.
Take care of your belongings and accompanying children.
Note the Museum’s established photography guidelines, listed below.
Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the Museum premises.
If you need to attend to a phone call, please step out of the Museum galleries so as to not disturb other visitors.
No outside food or beverages are allowed inside the Museum premises.
No weapons or flammable items are allowed inside the Museum premises.
Chewing gum, gutka or paan is not allowed inside the Museum premises.
Museum visitors are permitted to take photographs only for personal and non-commercial use.
Photographs taken on the premises cannot be published, sold, reproduced, transferred, distributed, or otherwise commercially exploited in any manner whatsoever.
Individual visitors or photography enthusiast groups who visit the Museum to photograph with DSLR cameras or professional camera lenses, will need to inform the curatorial team upon arrival at the Museum and sign an undertaking before photographing the Museum. The undertaking can be requested at the ticket counter.
Visitors may take photographs in the Museum’s permanent display galleries and the Plaza without the use or aid of a flash, tripod or monopod.
Video and the use of movie or film cameras is strictly prohibited.
Please show consideration for the experience and privacy of other visitors when taking photographs.
Do not take photographs of other visitors, staff, administrative offices, INTACH Conservation Lab, INTACH Documentation Centre, Special Exhibitions Gallery, Special Project Space and Education Centre without prior permission.
Photography is not permitted in the Museum Shop for commercial reasons.
Any enquiries relating to press, the use of images for publication and commercial filming and photography should be made to +91 22 23731234 / 65560394 or by email to enquiry@bdlmuseum.org.
The Museum is under CCTV surveillance. The Museum reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to withhold and/or withdraw permission to photograph on its premises or to reproduce photographs of objects in its collection or on view during special exhibitions.