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 Baroda
Museum & Picture
Gallery
Located in the
popular Sayaji Bagh,
the museum houses a
collection which
belonged to the
former maharaja
Sayaji Rao Gaekwad.
Indian rulers during
the Raj often
collected all kinds
of European art and
other knick knacks.
Largely being the
personal collection
of the maharaja, the
exhibits span across
centuries and
continents, as well
as diverse art
forms. There are
Greek and Roman
sculpture with
European paintings
of earlier periods.
Asian section has
items from Burma,
Sri Lanka, Cambodia,
China and Japan made
of wood, ivory,
bronze and pottery.
The Indian art
section is a line
collection of
ancient objects.
There is a bronze
jar circa 2nd
century AD, perhaps
associated with the
Graeco-Roman trading
with India around
Gujarat in pre
historic times.
There are painted
manuscripts from
Rajasthan school, a
Ragamala series and
family portraits.
Baroda Museum and
Picture Gallery
Sayaji Park Vadodara
Timing: 10.00
am to 5.00 pm
Closed on
Mondays and
government holidays. |
 Calico
Museum of Textiles
Established in 1948,
the Calico Museum of
Textiles is
undoubtedly one of
India's leading
museums. Its superb
collection of
textiles is further
enhanced by a line
collection of
pichhwais and
patachitras
(paintings on
cloth). The museum
is housed in two
buildings, one
displaying textiles
of religious
significance and the
other traditional
court fabrics,
tents, carpets and
costumes.
Recognising the fact
that most an in
India revolves
around religion, the
museum endeavours to
present its
collection in themes
connected with the
two great Indian
religions:
Vaishnavism and
Jainism, and
simulates a suitable
religious
atmosphere. The
first exhibit is a
replica of a small
recoiytructed
Pustimarga shrine
with an idol of
Srinathji placed on
an altar, covered
with a painted
textile. The shrine
leads to galleries
where pichhwais and
textiles belonging
to the Vallabha sect
are displayed. The
90 pichhwais are
divided into groups
relating to
festivals, seasons
and a variety of
devotional themes.
The Jain Gallery
includes shrines,
derasaras of the
Svetambara and
Digambara sects as
well as a small home
shrine, important
manuscripts tike the
Kalpasuira and
Kalakakatha and Jain
patas: the yantras
and tirtha chitras.
The main attraction,
however, is a
painted, domed,
wooden ceiling of a
derasara.
Three buildings with
traditional carved
wooden facades
located around the
chowk house the
courtly or secular
pieces. Here one
sees beautiful
carpels, embroidered
and decorated
shamianas, wall
hangtogs and
costumes. There is
an excellent display
of phulkari, the
embroiti Punjab.
Also on view are
well known
kalamkaris and
saris. A signific
presents the
different weaviftg o
with the help of
samples, techn and
their relation to
the different seas.
Calico Museum of
Textiles
Ahffiedabad
Timings:
10.15 am to .12.30
pm 2.30 pm to 5.00
pm
Closed on
Wednesdays and
government holidays. |
Gandhi Museum
A collection of rare
photographs relating
to the life of
Mahatma Gandhi are
on view at the
Gandhi Museum. These
recreate the
significant events
of Gandhiji's life.
Also displayed are
documents, letters
and his personal
relics. The
collection of
audio-visual
material includes
microfilms, a voice
library, prayers and
lecture records.
Gandhi Museum
Gandhi Smriti
Bhavnagar 364001
Timigs:
Summer : 8:30 am to
12:00 noon 3.00 pm
to 7.00 pm Winter :
8.30 am to 12.00
noon 2.30 pm to 6.30
pm Closed on modays
goveminen holidays. |
Gandhi Smarak
Sangrahalaya
The Gandhi Smarak
Sangrahalaya is run
by a public trust
established in 1951.
The museum's new
premises were built
in 1963. The
museum's main
objective was to
house the personal
memorabilia of
Mahatma Gandhi.
Consequently the
exhibits on view
depict the vivid and
historic events of
Gandhiji's life.
There are books,
manuscripts and
photostat copies of
his correspondence,
photographs of
Gandhiji with his
wife Kasturba and
other ashram
associates, life
size oil paintings
and actual relics
like his writing
desk and spinning
wheel.
Gandhi Smarak
Sangrahaiaya
Harijan Ashram
Ahmedabad 380 013
Timings:
Summer: 8.30am to
1.2.00 noon 2.30pm
to 7.00pm Winter:
8.30 am to 12.00
noon 2.00 pm to 6.30
pm Open on all days. |
Maharaja Fateh
Singh Museum
The impressive Laxmi
Vilas Palace, in the
Indo Saracenic style
of architecture, was
once the residence
o) the Gaekwad
family. The Maharaja
Fateh Singh Museum,
located in the
sprawling grounds of
the palace complex,
is a multi purpose
museum and houses
the Gaekwad family's
rich collection of
an treasures.
On view are
contemporary Indian
and European
paintings dating to
the 19th and 20th
century. The
sculpture section
includes Indian as
well as Graeco-Roman
artefacts, Chinese
and Japanese art.
Maharaja Fateh Singh
Museum
Laxrni Vilas Palace
Compound
Jawaharlal Nehru
Marg
Vadodara
Timings:
April to June: 9.00
am to 12.00 noon
3.30 pm 10 6.30 pm
July to March: 9.00
am to 12.00 noon
3.00pm to 6.00 pm
Closed
Mondays and
government holidays. |
 Utensils
Museum
Surendra Patel, an
interior designer by
profession, has
initiated a unique
culi experience. He
has set up on the
outskirts of
Ahmedabad, a quaint
rural cr where
visitors can savour
authentic Gujarati
village cuisine,
before wandering
through the grounds
to see a museum
devoted to Indian
utensils.
Here the different
utensils have been
placed in a simple
structure set around
an open courtyard.
Collected from all
over India, the
endeavour is to
demonstrate the
purity of form and
shape in these
objects of utility.
The pot to store
water in, utensils
to cook and serve
in, spoons, rolling
pins, a huge vessel
in which buttermilk
was churned, each
object is
beautifully
conceived and
created to prove
that beauty lay not
only in the large
and the splendid hut
also in the simple
objects of everyday
use.
These then were the
objects that were an
integral part of
every household and
formed the basis for
community life. The
artisan created each
piece for a specific
purpose and this
catered to a
person's every need
including worship.
Yet today most of
the vessels have
been discarded, sold
and melted down.
However, this museum
sponsored by a
trustJormed to
create cultural
awareness,
celebrates the
simple but perfectly
designed objects of
everyday use.
Utensils Museum
Vechaar Vishalla
Environmental Centre
Opp. Vasama Toll
Maka
Ahmedabad 380 055
Timing: 10.00
am to 5.00 pm. |
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