PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM OF WESTERN INDIA


Meaning of PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM OF WESTERN INDIA in English

museum in Bombay that was begun in 1905 and is housed in a domed building in the Indo-Saracenic style. Its collections include Tibetan art, Chinese porcelain, Mughal and Rajput miniatures, and the Jehangir Art Gallery, completed in 1952. The jewelry and glass collections are also noteworthy. The natural-history section of the museum started with the collection of the Bombay Natural History Society. The history section contains dioramas, and there is a collection of exhibits from the Maratha period (17th-18th century).

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