Prince Of Wales Museum

Set up in the 20th century it has been recently renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajah Museum. It was built to commemorate the arrival of the Prince of Whales by some prominent citizens with the help of Indian Govt. Lying near the Gate of India it tells the tale of the era gone by.

After the Victoria Terminal, it is the main catcher of the happening city of Mumbai.
The museum building is situated in 3 acres (12,000 m²) area, having a built up area of 12,142.23 sq.m.^[2] The museum building is surrounded by a garden of palm trees and formal flower beds.^[9] The museum building, built of basalt and kurla stone, is a three-storied rectangular structure, capped by a dome set upon a base, which adds an additional storey in the centre of the building.

The museum collection comprises approximately 50,000 artefacts.^[2] The collection of the museum is categorized primarily into three sections: art, archaeology and natural history. The museum also houses a forestry section, which has specimens of timbers grown in the Bombay Presidency (British India), and one exhibiting a small local geological collection of rocks, minerals and fossils.^[7] 

The Maritime Heritage Gallery,which displays objects relating to navigation, is the "first of its kind in India".

The museum's miniature collection encompasses representations of the main schools of Indian painting namely, Mughal, Rajasthani, Pahari and Deccani.Notable manuscripts housed in the museum include the Anwar-Suhayli painted in Mughal emperor Akbar’s studio and a 17th Century manuscript of the Hindu epic Ramayana from Mewar.^[10]





 The Bombay Natural History Society aided the Museum Trust in creating the natural history sectionSculptures and coins transferred from the Poona Museum in Pune and the collections of the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society resulted in the development of an archaeological section, with precious sculptures and epigrams.

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