Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum

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"Dating to its current site opening in 1872, this is Mumbai’s oldest museum, housed in a restored Victorian building that won a UNESCO Award of Excellence after an early-2000s five-year conservation; the 1,300 m² institution contains over 15,000 objects with strengths in decorative and fine arts (including maps, clay models, silverware and a notable elephant statue), runs the 'Engaging Traditions' programme commissioning responses from contemporary artists such as Sudarshan Shetty and Jitish Kallat, and even conceals a foundation-time capsule with 1862 newspapers, coins and founders’ documents." - Noor Mayal Khanna