Two iconic landmarks of Mumbai\u2014the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)\u2014are celebrating their 150th and 100th anniversaries respectively this year. Notwithstanding their pedigree, these two museums are anything but elitist. Entrance fees as low as Rs.10 ensure a steady stream of visitors. <\/p>\n
The Bhau Daji is located within the botanical gardens in Byculla, one of the oldest areas of Mumbai. This is where important government officials used to live in the British era. It is a city museum focussed entirely on Mumbai\u2019s history, culture, peoples and antiquities, interpreting the city though its artefacts and craftsmen. <\/p>\n
The oldest museum in Mumbai, the Bhau Daji was established in 1857 by Dr George Birdwood, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, Dr Bhau Daji Lad, the Honorable Jugonnath Sunkersett, and Dr George Buist. \u00a0Built in the Palladian and High Victorian styles, its displays include maps charting the evolution of Mumbai from when it was a city of seven islands to its growth as a valuable commercial port. The garden has an assortment of statues brought from various parts of Mumbai during the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement of the late 1950s that was instrumental in the creation of the State. <\/p>\n
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Elephant stone, c. 6th century CE, from Elephanta Island, Bombay, at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum.
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\n Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
CSMVS with its elegant dome is as much a part of the Mumbai skyline. Located in the historic Kala Ghoda area, part of the erstwhile Bombay Fort, it was earlier called the Prince of Wales museum. <\/p>\n
The CSMVS was built in the Indo-Saracenic style by Scottish architect George Wittet. City luminaries like Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola and Sir Vithaldas Thackersey had wanted a museum in tune with the strong cultural movement that was taking shape in the Bombay Presidency. They wanted it to actively educate its visitors and not be just a place of display\u2014an ethos that still defines CSMVS. In 1905, the Bombay Presidency granted a piece of land with the condition that the money for the construction be raised by the citizenry which would also maintain the museum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n WATCH:\n <\/p>\n
Frontline\u2019s Lyla Bavadam speaks to renowned architect Vikas Dilawari about the restoration of Mumbai\u2019s iconic museum.
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\n Reporting by Lyla Bavadam; Editing by Razal Pareed\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director, CSMVS, says, \u201cCSMVS is an autonomous institution unaided by the government. It was one of the successful models of community participation in the early 20th century. Today, 100 years later, the museum is still supported through public participation.\u201d <\/p>\n
CSMVS received the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2010; in 2018, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, part of the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco ensemble in Mumbai; and in November 2022, it was given the Award of Excellence at the UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards. \u00a0Bhau Daji won UNESCO\u2019s highest award for restoration work in 2005.<\/p>\n
Structural restoration<\/h3>\n
Given their age, both the Bhau Daji and the CSMVS needed structural restoration. Vikas Dilawari, renowned city architect and among the first in India to specialise in heritage conservation work, says that he is fortunate to have worked on both Bhau Daji and CSMVS for their 150th and 100th anniversary restorations. Dilawari found the Bhau Daji \u201cmore of a challenge as the building had not been well looked after in the preceding years. Electrical cables lined the front lobby, trees were growing out of pipes, the etched glass was broken, the fa\u00e7ade was a greyish white, and internally, where there was to be gilt, there was orange paint. It was a challenge but we had a lot of archival information.\u201d Tasneem Mehta conceptualised the project and Dilawari executed it, and the team was able to restore the museum to its former glory. <\/p>\n
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A reclining Buddha sculpture on the lawns of the CSMVS in November 2018.
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\n FRANCIS MASCARENHAS\/REUTERS\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to Dilawari, skilled carpenters were used for the tall Palladian interiors. \u201cSpecial care was taken to scrape and discover the original colour scheme and then refurbish it. The challenge of making a few galleries climate-controlled was addressed. The external landscaping was also done in the first phase and in 2012 the rear plaza, which was hardly used, was converted into a functional space.\u201d<\/p>\n
As often happens in such restoration projects, it wasn\u2019t just the building that benefitted. Dilawari says, \u201cThe project revived dying arts like lime mortar repairs of external facades and internal lime plaster as well as the almost lost arts of gilding, stencil paining, and etching on glass.\u201d The project, conducted on a public-private partnership model, won UNESCO\u2019s 2005 Asia Pacific Award for its comprehensive restoration work. <\/p>\n
In contrast to the Bhau Daji, the CSMVS was a younger and better maintained building. Working towards the centenary celebrations, the management had carried out regular restoration work over the years, from space addition in the 1950s to dome repairs in the 1970s and fa\u00e7ade restoration in the 1990s. \u00a0In the 2000s, work started with external repairs, the European paintings storage area, and the conservation laboratory. Work restarted during the lockdown but with a limited workforce, which made the efforts all the more heroic especially when it came to things like erecting an elaborate scaffolding soaring to 110 feet for internal repairs to the dome. <\/p>\n
\n \u201cAs often happens in such restoration projects, it revived dying arts like lime mortar repairs and gilding.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
However, taking advantage of the enforced closure, the museum also refurbished the busiest areas\u2014the entrance lobby, staircases, toilets, verandas, the connector block and some key galleries. Special craftsmen were called in for the basalt stone carving so that it matched the original small domes and minarets, as well as for fixing stainless steel dowels for some sections. <\/p>\n
As Dilawari says \u201ca comprehensive approach was taken so that the area was magically transformed while highlighting its Indo Saracenic character\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Crux<\/h3>\n\n- \n Two iconic landmarks of Mumbai\u2014the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)\u2014are celebrating their 150th and 100th anniversaries respectively this year.\n <\/li>\n
- \n Given their age, both the Bhau Daji and the CSMVS needed structural restoration. Vikas Dilawari, renowned city architect, was responsible for both.\n <\/li>\n
- \n The project at Bhau Daji, conducted on a public-private partnership model, won UNESCO\u2019s 2005 Asia Pacific Award for its comprehensive restoration work.\n <\/li>\n
- \n In contrast to the Bhau Daji, the CSMVS was a younger and better maintained building.\n <\/li>\n
- \n Dilawari carried took a comprehensive approach to the CSMVS restoration. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Two iconic landmarks of Mumbai\u2014the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)\u2014are celebrating their 150th and 100th anniversaries respectively this year. Notwithstanding their pedigree, these two museums are anything but elitist. Entrance fees as low as Rs.10 ensure a steady stream of visitors. The Bhau Daji is located within the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151369],"tags":[151372,151371,6877,151374,151373,151370,16334,114836,8857,15639,19286],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-324156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lead-story","tag-bhau","tag-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-vastu-sangrahalaya","tag-conservation","tag-csmvs","tag-daji","tag-dr-bhau-daji-lad-museum","tag-mumbai","tag-mumbais","tag-restoration","tag-restoring","tag-unesco"],"yoast_head":"\n