 Façade of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya (CSMVS) | |
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Former name | Prince of Wales Museum of Western India |
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| Established | 10 January 1922 |
| Location | Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai, India |
| Coordinates | 18°55′36″N 72°49′56″E / 18.926667°N 72.832222°E |
| Type | Archaeology, Art and Natural history museum |
| Collection size | Approx. 50,000 artefacts[1] |
| Director | Sabyasachi Mukherjee[2] |
| Architect | George Wittet |
| Public transit access |  Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; Churchgate |
| Website | csmvs |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii) (iv) |
| Designated | 2018 (43rd session) |
| Part of | Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai |
| Reference no. | 1480 |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, (CSMVS) formerly named the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is a museum in Mumbai (Bombay) which documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times.[3]
It was founded during British rule of India in the early years of the 20th century by prominent citizens of the city then called Bombay, with the help of the government, to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales (later George V, king of the United Kingdom and emperor of India). It is located in the heart of South Mumbai near the Gateway of India. The museum was renamed in 1998 after Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom.
The building is built in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, incorporating elements of other styles of architecture like the Mughal, Maratha and Jain. The museum building is surrounded by a garden of palm trees and formal flower beds.
The museum houses approximately 50,000 exhibits of ancient Indian history as well as objects from foreign lands, categorised primarily into three sections: Art, Archaeology and Natural History. The museum houses Indus Valley civilization artefacts, and other relics from ancient India from the time of the Guptas, Mauryas, Chalukyas and Rashtrakuta.[4]
- ^ Press Information Bureau: Union Ministry of Culture (5 September 2008). "Union Ministry of Culture give Administrative approval for 124.3 million Rupees for Modernization of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai". Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
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- ^ Desai, Kalpana (2002). Jewels on the Crescent: Masterpieces of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Illustrated ed.). Mapin Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 978-81-88204-00-7.