Posts Tagged ‘Museums’

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad MuseumThe Dr.Bhau Daji Lad Museum is a small quaint little structure just outside the entrance of the Jeejamata Udyan (Victoria Gardens as it was formerly known or Byculla Zoo as it’s popularly known). The museum is the oldest in the city and over 150 years old. It was started in 1855 and names as the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1872. Thereafter in 1975 the Bombay Municipal Corporation renamed the museum as the Dr.Bhau Daji Lad Museum in honor of Ramkrishna Vitthal Lad, one of the men instrumental in the creation of the museum. The museum was recently restored by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and reopened to the public in January this year.

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