A showcase of the city’s cultural heritage and history
The Museum was established in 1872 as the erstwhile Victoria and Albert Museum, Bombay. As Mumbai’s first museum, it showcases the city’s cultural heritage and history through a rare collection of fine and decorative arts that highlight early modern art practices, as well as the craftsmanship of various communities of the historic Bombay Presidency. The permanent collection includes miniature clay models, dioramas, maps, lithographs, photographs and rare books that document the life of the people of Mumbai and the history of the city from the late 18th–early 20th centuries. The museum has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan, supported by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and private donors, which includes developing a new wing adjoining the Museum Plaza.
Collection Highlights
Model of SS Siam, Mumbai, 1897
Map of Bombay and the district prepared for Peshwa by the Peshwa's agent, late 19th-early 20th century
Figure of Radha Krishna, Trivandrum, late 19th-early 20th century
Clay Model of a Pathare Prabhu, Mumbai, early 20th century
Bombay School pottery, late 19th-early 20th century
