Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery

The Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery in Vadodara was built in 1894 on the lines of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum of London. Major Mant in association with R.F. Chisholm [1] who refined some of Mant's finest works to make genuine Indo-Saracenic architecture designed the Building of this Museum.

Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery

Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III belonging to the Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas founded the museum in 1887.[2] The museum building was completed in 1894, when it opened to the public. Construction of the art gallery commenced in 1908, was completed in 1914, but did not open until 1921 as the First World War delayed transfer of pieces from Europe intended for the gallery.

Collection

It preserves a rich collection of art, sculpture, ethnography and ethnology. The picture gallery offers a collection of originals by famous British painters J. M. W. Turner and John Constable and many others. The Egyptian mummy and skeleton of a baby blue whale are major attractions for those who visit the museum. Other treasure includes the famous Akota bronzes dating the 5th Century AD, A collection of Mughal miniatures, a full-fledged gallery of Tibetan Art and oils by several European masters.

Timings

The museum is open on all days from 10:30 am till 5:00 pm except government holidays.

See also

References
  1. Baroda Museum, NE view British Library.
  2. "Vadodara Municipal Corporation". vmc.gov.in. Retrieved 3 September 2020.




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