Archive for the ‘Museums’ category
RBI Monetary Museum
Address : Reserve Bank of India Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg,Fort,Mumbai – 400001 website: http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/general.html The first of its kind in India, the monetary museum is located on the floor of the RBI. The museum hopes for the sake of posterity to document and preserve the monetary heritage of the Country. It has three galleries on [...]
Mani Bhavan
Address : 19 Laburnam Rd.,near Nana Chowk,Gamdevi Mumbai – 400004 Phone: 2380-5864 website: http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/ This is a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. Gandhi stayed in this simple house between 1917 and 1934 every time he visited Mumbai. The room in which Gandhi stayed, his belongings including his books are on [...]
Nehru Museum (Nehru planetarium)
This Cylindrical shaped building, includes a planetarium, art gallery, restaurant, library, cultural center and a 14-gallery exhibit called Discovery of India. There are antique exhibits like a railway engine, tramcar, supersonic airplane and steam lorry. It is also a venue of numerous international trade fairs and local exhibitions. The discovery of India expo is open [...]
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Address : 91A, Dr. Babasaheb Amberkar Road,Byculla (E), Mumbai – 400027 Phone: 23731234 website: http://www.bdlmuseum.org/ In the heart of the city are the Victoria Gardens, now renamed as the Rani Jijamata Udyan (Rani Bagh). This garden was laid out in 1861. The Bombay Zoo is also on the premises of the garden. Located in the [...]
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Address : 159-161, M.G. Road,Fort,umbai – 400023 Phone: 2284-4484 / 2284-4519 website: http://www.bombaymuseum.org/ The Prince of Wales Museum now known as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai, was set up in the beginning of the 20th century, by some important citizens of Bombay with the help of the government, to honour the visit [...]