CSMVS

One of the premier art and history museums in India with an Encyclopedic collection+ natural history exhibits housed in a Grade I heritage building.

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

Take a close look at these stunning, intricately carved objects from our collection.

Can you identify what they were used for?

#csmvscollection #csmvsmumbai #museumquiz #arthistory

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

Celebrate World Heritage Day
at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai

Saturday, 18th April 2026
11 am to 4 pm

Register with your name and age at [email protected]
*Museum entry ticket applicable
Workshops, Storytelling & performances
Madhubani postcard making
with artist Preethi Bodke
Time: 11 am to 3 pm
Open for all
Venue: Children’s Museum

Storytelling session:
Celebrating Heritage
in collaboration with Get Lit Co.
Time: 3 pm to 4 pm
For ages: 4+ years
Venue: Nalanda Learning Centre

Kathak performance
with artist Prachi Wagh
Time: 11:30 am to 12 pm
Open for all
Venue: Rotunda Gallery

Demonstrations & Artist Interactions
Handloom weaving experience
With artist: Weavers Centre
Time: 11 am to 3 pm
Open for all
Venue: Children’s Museum

Sholapeeth flower making
With artist: Anant Malakar
Time: 11 am to 3 pm
Open for all
Venue: Children’s Museum

Stone tool making
With artist: Anwar
Time: 11 am to 3 pm
Open for all
Venue: Rotunda Gallery

#worldheritageday #csmvsmumbai #openactivities #thingstodomumbai #heritagemuseum

[Nalanda University @nalanda_univ]

@CSMVSmumbai and @Bihar_Museum jointly hosted a symposium titled “Thinking Nalanda'.

The symposium, held yesterday at Bihar Museum, Patna, featured a special address by Professor @Sachin_Chat, Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University, who reflected on Nalanda’s historical legacy and its contemporary relevance.

Professor Chaturvedi emphasised the need to reimagine knowledge traditions by moving beyond the fragmentation of modern academic disciplines and reviving the integrated intellectual spirit of ancient Nalanda University, where philosophy, economics, art, culture and geopolitics engaged in meaningful dialogue.

He also highlighted ongoing efforts at the university to revitalise traditional knowledge systems, including the development of a new library and initiatives to better understand classical knowledge methodologies, alongside community engagement programmes like Sahabhagita that reconnect the university with neighbouring villages and indigenous knowledge traditions.

Curated by @DrAlkaPande

@MEAIndia | @MinOfCultureGoI | @PIBCulture | @IPRDBihar

[PIB in Maharashtra 🇮🇳 @PIBMumbai]

🛑 Continuing the #MumbaiPressTour, the All Women Journalist Delegation from Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab visited the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (@CSMVSmumbai), Mumbai.

They were given a guided tour by Assistant Director, Projects and Public Relations at CSMVS, Joyoti Roy.

She drew parallels between modern city planning in Chandigarh and the ancient Harappan civilization's urban design techniques.

@PIBChandigarh @PIBShimla @PIB_India

[Srinivas Krishnan @SriniKay]

Spectacular, never-before-seen photographs of a part of India's fight for independence, in Mumbai. Exhibition ongoing at @CSMVSmumbai Stunning, don't miss it.

[Islamic History of Sociology and Science @ihosas92]

Egypt's 7th-century CE textile fragment depicts a Sasanian ruler on horseback during a royal hunt. At around 620 CE, the Persians captured southern Byzantine provinces, including Egypt. Shown at @CSMVSmumbai

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

Historic Photographic Processes Workshop Series

Kallitype workshop
Conducted by Arpan Mukherjee

Kallitype is one of a number of printing processes in the iron-silver family. W. W. J. Nicol patented the first iron-silver process and he is widely considered to be its inventor.

It's a contact printing method where the sensitised paper is exposed to UV light, then developed, cleared, and often toned to achieve desired colors.

Workshop is being conducted under the aegis of the
Citi-CSMVS ConservArte project.

Date: January 12-14
Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: CSMVS Art Conservation Department
Limited Seats : 10
Register link: https://t.co/n2nF4phK73
Last date for applying : 30 December 2025

No fee for this workshop

hashtag#csmvs hashtag#csmvsmumbai hashtag#kallitype hashtag#kallitypeprint

[IANS @ians_india]

Mumbai, Maharashtra: CSMVS Senior Curatorial Assistant Swararaaj Datar says, "This program at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya is an exhibition about the exchanges and connections that existed within ancient India and its contemporary ancient cultures..."

[IANS @ians_india]

Mumbai, Maharashtra: The CSMVS Museum in Mumbai is celebrating the inauguration of its brand new educational initiative 'Networks of the Past'.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

A Hand for God, Yemen, c100-300AD
Dedicated to an ancient Yemeni God for prophecies, fertility & protection

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

More masterpieces from Networks of the Past, the spectacular new gallery @CSMVSmumbai, charting India's relationship with the ancient world

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

The new @CSMVSmumbai galleries are a massive achievement and marks the beginning of a new age of really world class museums in India. Three cheers for Mr Mukherjee and his brilliant team!

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Completely dazzled by Networks of the Past, a new gallery @CSMVSmumbai charting India's relationship with the ancient world. Its not just one of the best lit, best presented and best curated museum galleries in South Asia, it is also the best visual representation I have ever seen of the world I describe in The Golden Road...

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

3 Days to Go

NETWORKS OF THE PAST - A STUDY GALLERY OF INDIA & THE ANCIENT WORLD

CSMVS Mumbai will open a new educational gallery dedicated to the ancient world on 13th December 2025.

#savethedate #networksofthepast #newmuseumgallery

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

5 Days to Go

NETWORKS OF THE PAST - A STUDY GALLERY OF INDIA & THE ANCIENT WORLD

CSMVS Mumbai will open a new educational gallery dedicated to the ancient world on 13th December 2025.

A significant trans-continental educational initiative by CSMVS presenting a shared human history and India's position in the ancient world through a study gallery of over 300 archaeological objects from 15 institutions all over the world.

#savethedate #networksofthepast #newmuseumgallery

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

6 Days to Go

NETWORKS OF THE PAST - A STUDY GALLERY OF INDIA & THE ANCIENT WORLD

CSMVS Mumbai will open a new educational gallery dedicated to the ancient world on 13th December 2025.

A significant trans-continental educational initiative by CSMVS presenting a shared human history and India's position in the ancient world through a study gallery of over 300 archaeological objects from 15 institutions all over the world.

#savethedate #networksofthepast #newmuseumgallery

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
presents

CSMVS x HARKAT
Historic Photographic Processes Workshop Series

35MM FILM
still photography & silver gelatin print workshop

About the workshop
Learn the basics of black and white still photography on manual analog cameras, DIY developing, darkroom basics and making silver gelatin prints of your work - in this introductory workshop.

Date: December 28-29
Time: 10.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: CSMVS Art Conservation Department
Limited Seats : 10
Register link: https://t.co/16Ucg3Gswu
Last date for applying : 19 December 2025
No fee for this workshop

Workshop is being conducted under the aegis of the Citi-CSMVS ConservArte project.

#CSMVS #CSMVSMumbai #CITICSMVS #CSMVSWorkshops #CSMVSxHarkat #AnalogPhotography #35mm #FilmPhotography #SilverGelatinPrint #PhotographyWorkshop #ConservArte

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

9 Days to Go

NETWORKS OF THE PAST - A STUDY GALLERY OF INDIA & THE ANCIENT WORLD

CSMVS Mumbai will open a new educational gallery dedicated to the ancient world on 13th December 2025.

A significant trans-continental educational initiative by CSMVS presenting a shared human history and India's position in the ancient world through a study gallery of over 300 archaeological objects from 15 institutions all over the world.

#savethedate #networksofthepast #newmuseumgallery #csmvsmumbai #csmvs

[CSMVS @CSMVSmumbai]

10 Days to Go

NETWORKS OF THE PAST - A STUDY GALLERY OF INDIA & THE ANCIENT WORLD

#savethedate #networksofthepast #newmuseumgallery #csmvsmumbai #csmvs