Mumbai has a history that weaves in the whole of India into its rich repository of museums. These museums are a testimony to the rich art, cultural history of Mumbai.
Mumbai moments tour guides will help you explore some museums that you simply cannot give a miss.
Museums like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya earlier known as the Prince of Wales Museum is located adjacent to the glorious Gateway of India. As a finest epitome of Victorian architecture in Mumbai, this museum has an excellent collection of rare and ancient exhibits of Indian history.
Also, Victoria and Albert Museum, now renamed Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Housed in the Victoria Gardens the museum harbors several archaeological evidences, maps and photographs connected with the history of Mumbai.
Nehru Science Centre, the largest Science Centre in the country has a sprawling 8 acres of Science Park with varieties of plants, trees and shrubs.
More than 50 hands-on and interactive science exhibits on energy, sound, kinematics, mechanics, transport, etc. are installed in the science park. The
NSC building with its unique architecture houses several permanent science expositions on various themes.
Mani Bhavan is a simple old-style, two storied building on Laburnum Road, Mumbai. Whenever Gandhi was in Mumbai between 1917 to 1934, he stayed here. It is now converted into a museum and research centre. It has a library that consists of around 50,000 books & periodicals which contains books on and by Gandhi, Gandhian thoughts, freedom movements and allied subjects. It has glimpses of Gandhi in mini figures, depicting Gandhi’s life from birth to death. There’s a wonderful photographic record of his life, along with dioramas and original documents such as letters he wrote to Hitler and US President Roosevelt
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