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Some Famous
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The Louvre
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1 By Suhina Pal
The British
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2 By Shreya Thakoor
National Museum of natural
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3 America
By Niharika Karulkar
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0 Museums in India
4 By Niharika Karulkar
0 Chhatrapati Shivaji
5 Maharaj Vastusangrahalay
By Aneka Narvekar
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1 Louvre
Museum
The Louvre Museum…
• The Louvre was initially built as a
fortress in the 12th century by
Phillippe Auguste and it was
established as a museum in the 18th
century C.E. during French
revolution.
• Antiquities collected by members of
the royal family were exhibited in the
Louvre Museum.
• It included the much acclaimed
painting of ‘Monalisa’ by Leonardo da
Vinci, the world-renowned artist. He
worked under the patronage of
• The collection in the Louvre
Museum increased to a great
extent because of the antiquities
brought back by Napoleon
Bonaparte from his conquests
during his reign.
• Presently, the museum contains
more than 3 lakhs and 80
thousand artefacts. It is the
largest museum on earth in
terms of size.
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The British
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Museum
The British Museum…
• The British Museum is a
public museum dedicated
to human history, art and
culture located in the
Bloomsbury area of
London.
• Its permanent collection
of eight million works is
the largest in the world.
• The museum was
established in 1753,
largely based on the
collections of the Anglo-
• It first opened to the public in 1759,
in Montagu House, At that time,
Sloane's collection consisted of
around 71,000 objects of all kinds
including some 40,000 printed
books, 7,000 manuscripts, extensive
natural history specimens including
337 volumes of dried plants, prints
and drawings and antiquities from
Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and
• In later times, the collection
more. expanded by addition of various
art objects and ancient artefacts
collected by the British people
from British colonies, presently the
museum collects now holds about
80 lakh objects.
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3National Museum
of natural History,
United States of
America
National Museum of
natural History, United States of
• America…
The National Museum
of Natural history,
United States of
America was
established in 1846 C.
E.
• This museum is
managed by the
Smithsonian
Institution.
• This museum is
• It houses more than 12 crore
(120 millions) specimens of
fossils and remains of plants and
animals, minerals, rocks, human
fossils and artefacts.
• This museum is known for
iconic exhibits such as the 45.5
carat Hope Diamond and the
Hall of Dinosaurs.
• This museum is also known for
Ocean Hall, Hall of Human
Origins, Insect Zoo. The Butterfly
Pavilion features hundreds of live
butterflies.
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The Museums in India…
• The first museum in India,
‘Indian Museum', was
established by ‘Asiatic Society
of Bengal' in Kolkata, in 1814
C. E.
• The second museum in India,
‘Government Museum' was
established in Chennai, in
1851 C. E.
National Museum,
• The ‘National Museum' was Delhi
established in Delhi, in 1949.
• Presently, there are several
museums in various states of
India. Usually the big
The Museums in India…
Following are some of the well
known institutes and universities
which offer degree and diploma
courses in museology :
1. National Museum, Delhi
2. Maharaj Sayajirao University,
Vadodara
3. Kolkata University, Kolkata Government Museum,
4. Banaras Hindu University, Chennai
• Varanasi
Some museums are affiliated to
5. Aligarh Muslim
universities. Such University,
museums also offer
Aligarh
courses in Museology.
6. Jivaji University, Gwalior
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The following are some of the Famous
Museums in India:
Indian Museum, Kolkata
National Museum, Delhi
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastusangrahalay,
Mumbai
Salarjang Museum, Hyderabad
The Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad
Chhatrapati
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Vastusangrahala
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The Chhatrapati Shivaji
• Maharaj Vastusangrahalay …
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Vastu Sangrahalaya, (CSMVS)
originally named Prince of
Wales Museum of Western
India, is a museum in Mumbai
(Bombay) which documents
the history of India from
prehistoric to modern times.
• This memorial in the form of a
museum was to be erected on
a plot of land known as the
‘Crescent Site’ on the southern
• The Museum was a culmination of
the desire of Mumbai's public for
the construction of a Museum that
could represent their cultural
heritage.
• Consequently, the institution was
established through public
contribution aided by the then
Government of the Bombay
Presidency.
• The building was completed in
1914, but opened its doors to
the public much later on the
10th of January, 1922.
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