Mumbai being the city of dreams and one of the most attractive and largest cities of India, it has many attractions for the tourists. One of the attractions for tourists is the museum of prince of Wales.
It was planned and created by some of the leading citizens of Mumbai who wanted to provide a museum to the Bombay citizens. Its foundation was laid on 11th November 1905 by the Prince of Wales. Due to that it was named as the Prince of Wales museum of western India. It has striking and dignified structure according to the site it is located at. Its architecture is delightfully and uniquely designed.
The complete area of the museum of prince of Wales is 2 acres. This whole building is surrounded by the grounds. This museum is a building in its own beauty. This museum has organized and maintained all the historic things very skillfully. Its collections include the following thins:
- Mughal miniatures
- Rajput miniatures
- Tibetan art
- Chinese porcelain
- Jewels collection of Mughals
- Dioramas
- Moments of Maratha period
- Classical Gandhara Buddhas
- Objects from Indus civilization
- Different ancient sculptures collected from Maharashtra
- Miniature paintings
- Akbar and Mewar Ramayana paintings
- Paintings of the great artist Manohar
- Several animals, birds and reptiles from ancient history of India
- Ancient objects representing the Nepal and Tibetan history
- Bronze mannequins
- Statues from 12th AD period
This museum was designed by the same architecture who designed the gateway of India who is George Wittet. He designed this building in the gothic and morish style. Different tourists just come to see its architecture. Many visitors also have done advanced booking to visit the museum of Prince of Wales.
This museum also worked as the military hospital during the period of World War 1.this building started to work as a museum in 1923 and was opened by the lady Lloyd the wife of Sir George Lloyd.
Thus, the museum of the Prince of Wales is a unique and informatic place for the tourists and visitors. It has the collection of many decades back about back to 2000 BC that depicts and shows the history and culture of the Indians in different fields. So no one if visiting the city of Mumbai should leave Prince of Wales museum. Its architecture is also stunning and exceptional and should no be missed.
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