The art section displays the collections of Sir Purushottam Mavji, acquired in 1915, and the art collections of Sir Ratan…
The museum has decorative artefacts such as textiles, ivories, Mughal jades, silver, gold and artistic metal ware. The ivory section…
A textile gallery, the first gallery in the city, was opened in April 2010. It illustrates "various techniques of textile…
Sculptures and coins transferred from the Poona Museum in Pune and the collections of the Bombay branch of the Royal…
The Bombay Natural History Society aided the Museum Trust in creating the natural history section. The museum's natural history section…
The Ottoman Empire, whose origins lie in the 14th century, continued in existence until shortly after World War I. This…
The Mughal Empire in India lasted from 1526 until (technically) 1858, although from the late 17th century power flowed away…
Iran Islamic Art in 14-19 century. The Iranian Safavids, a dynasty stretching from 1501 to 1786, is distinguished from the…
Islamic Art in Egypt & Syria 12-15 century. After the Fatimid dynasty, which reigned in Egypt from 909 and 1171…
12th–14th centuries is the first Islamic golden age, mostly from Syria and Iraq. Influence from Byzantine visual vocabulary (blue and…