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Bhau daji lad museum

About the museum

The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum (formerly


the Victoria and Albert Museum) is the oldest
museum in Mumbai. Situated in Byculla East, it was
originally established in 1872 as a treasure house of
the decorative and industrial arts, and was later
renamed in honour of Bhau Daji.

LOCATION of the museum


THE MUSEUM IS Established ON
May 2, 1872
Location
Veer Mata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan, Dr.
Baba Saheb Ambedkar
Marg,BycullaEast, Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400027. The
construction of the present building
inJijamata UdyaninBycullastarted
in 1862 and was completed in
1871.The museum was opened on
May 2, 1872. In 1975, this museum
was renamed as the Dr. Bhau Daji
Lad Mumbai City Museum.
Between 2003 and 2007, this
museum has undergone a major
restoration under the supervision of
the Mumbai chapter of theIndian

Entrance of museum
The entrance
consist of:
Ticket counter
Entry /exit
Baggage counter
Accountants office
Museum office
Trustee office
Museum shop
The ramp is used by
physically challenged
people to access the
museum

Plan of the museum


The entrance
consist of:
Ticket counter
Entry /exit
Baggage counter
Accountants
office
Museum office
Trustee office
Museum shop

SECTION THROUGH THE


GALLERY

GROUND FLOORPREHISTORIC ERA


GALLERY

ENLARGE PLAN OF
THE GALLERY

The ground floor consists of


industrial art gallery .
It is divided into three
parts , L.H.S consists of
antiques, weapons, stones .
central part consists of
art and development of
humans and paintings and
R.H.S consists of vernacular
model and sculptures.
It was arranged in the form
of a maze so that when you
walk through this area
we felt awaited whats
coming next.
The height of column is
4.5m.
The height of display 2.0m.
It has the atrium in the
center of the exhibition
space.
From ground floor to roof
top the height was 50.ft.

KEY PLAN

CENTRAL EXHIBHITION
ON GROUND FLOOR
READABLE
EXHIBITS
IT IS USED IN
TWOWAYS ON THE
FRONT OF THE
ARTIFACATE AND ON
THE BACK SIDE THERE
ARE IMPORTANT
SCRIPTURE
THERE ARE STATUE
OF IMPORTANT
PERSONALITY WHO
HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO THE MUMBAI CITY.

KEY PLAN
ENLARGE PLAN OF
THE CENTRAL ATRIUM
GALLERY

DISPLAY AREA ON
THE R.H.S-ZIG ZAG
ARRANGMENT
AROUND THE
COLUMN.
THE ARTIFACT ARE
PLACED IN SUCH A
WAY THAT THERE IS
A PASSAGE FORMED
FOR THE VISITORS
.THIS PASSAGE
HELPS IN THE FLOWS
OF THE VISITOR.

KEY PLAN

OPEN SPACE FOR TEMPORARY


EXHIBITIONS - INSTALLATIONS

THE SPACE IS USED FOR OPEN AND


SEMIOPEN EXHIBITIONS.THIS SPACE IS
USED FOR ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND
FOR WORKSHOPS .EASY ACCESS TO THE
CAFETERIA AND TO THE SERVICE
ENTRY .THE EXHIBITION DESIGNERS ARE
FREE TO DESIGN THE EXHIBITION SPACE
ACCORDING TO THE THEME OF THE
PARTICULAR EXHIBITION .

CAFETERIA AND MUSEUM


SHOP

THE CAFETERIA AND THE MUSEUM


SHOP IS LOCATED IN THE MUSEUM
PLAZA .IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE
FROM THE OPEN THE MUSEUM
PLAZA AND FROM THE MAIN
STRUCTURE .
THE MUSEUM SHOPS CONSISTS OF
HANDMADE GOODS.

COVERED MULTI -PURPOSE


SPACES

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION HALL

CHANGING ROOM &


LOCKER ROOM
SUB STATION NEAR THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION SPACE

SERVICE ENTRY & OUTDOOR EXHIBITION


AREA
THERE IS A SERVICE ENTRY AT THE
OUTDOOR EXHIBITION AREA , FOR
TRUCKS ETC TO LOAD & UNLOAD
EXHIBITION MATERIALS , CAFETERIA,
& FOR THE MUSEUM TO GET IN THE
EXHIBITION ITEMS

FLEXIBLE ARRANGEMENT.
IN THE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION
SPACE
THE DESIGNERS ARE FREE TO
DESIGN
THEIR OWN BACKGROUND ACC TO
THE THEME OF THE EXHIBITION

FIRST FLOOR-DEPICTING
MUMBAI HISTORY

ON THIS FLOOR AN IMPORTANT EXHIBHITION DEPICTING MUMBAIS HISTORY IN


CONTEXT WITH THE INDIAS HISTORY.
HUGE ROUND COLUMNS ARE USED TO FORM ARCHES AND THE NATURAL LIGHT IS
NOT AT ALL USED.THE LONG LOURVER WINDOWS ARE ONLY USED FOR THE
VENTILATION.THE DIM LIGHTS ARE USED AT THE NIGHT WHEN THE MUSEUM IS
CLOSED .
THE SPOT LIGHTS ARE PLACED INSIDE THE DISPLAY WHICH FOCUSEES ON THE
SCLPTURES AND THE ART WORK

EXHIBITS AROUND THE


COLUMS

FOUNDERS GALLERY ON THE MID LANDING

THE MIDLANDING SPACE OF THE STAIRCASE


IS ALSO USED AS AN EXHIBHITION SPACE OF
THE PAINTING OF PERSONALITIES WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY TO THE GREAT
CITY OF THE MUMBAI.

VERNACULAR HOUSE MODELS

IT IS A WEAVERS HOUSE SHOWN IN


THE DISPLAY TO DEPICT HOW A
WEAVER LIVED IN PAST IN THE CITY
OF THE MUMBAI.

Governance[edit]
The Museum is managed by a public-private
partnership, a first for a cultural institution in
India. The partnership involves the Municipal
Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the Jamanlal
Bajaj Foundation and the Indian National Trust
for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).[4]
Tasneem Zakaria Mehta is the Honorary Director
of the Museum and has a Board of Management
and Trustees that include theMayorand the
Municipal Commissionerof Mumbai.[5]

THE NEW EXTENSION OF THE


MUSEUM
BY New York based Steven Holl
Architects along with Mumbai based
_opolis architects; win the
international competition for the
design of a New Museum Wing to
Mumbai's oldest museum -

MAIN ENTRANCE
FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CAR ENTRY

NEW EXTENSION PLAN-3


ENTRIES

GALLERY
ENTRY

MAIN ENTRY

STAFF ENTRY

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH-"Addition as
Subtraction
sculpted cuts into the white concrete
structure
Deeper subtractive cuts bring in exactly
twenty-five lumens of natural light into
each gallery.
the galleries are given a sense of flow and
spatial overlap from the light cuts."

SECTION OF THE NEW


BULDING
The central cut forms a shaded monsoon water
basin which runs into a central pool, related to
the great stepped well architecture of India.
The central pool joins the new and old in its
reflection and provides sixty percent of the
museum's electricity through photovoltaic cells
located below the water's surface.

GALLERY SPACES
The concept of "Addition as Subtraction" is
developed in white concrete with sculpted
diffused light in the 65,000 sq ft new
gallery spaces. Deeper subtractive cuts
bring in exactly twenty-five lumens of
natural light to each gallery.

SERVICE ENTRY FOR CAF


LOADING
AND UNLOADING
AREA.

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