Coming together for art! Artefacts from the British museum soon to be in Mumbai & Delhi

To celebrate 70 years of Indian Independence, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) is collaborating with the British Museum and the National Museum, New Delhi to host a landmark exhibition in Mumbai and Delhi. Titled ' India and the World: A History in Nine Stories', it will showcase some of the most important objects and works of art from the Indian Subcontinent, in dialogue with iconic pieces from the British Museum collection.

First conceived by Neil MacGregor, former Director of the British Museum and Sabyasachi Mukherjee, the collaboration will be co-curated by British Museum's Art historian and Curator and JD Hill, and Curator Professor Naman Ahuja.

Shown together for the first time, the objects aim to provide an opportunity for discourse and cross-cultural encounters.


A Deccani painting of the procession of Abdullah Qutb Shah.

To kick off this unique collaboration, the Directors of the three museums, Dr. Hartwig Fischer, British Museum, Dr. B.R. Mani, National Museum and Mr. Sabyasachi Mukherjee, CSMVS, will be in discussion at the CSMVS on the 3rd of February 2017. The talk, Sharing Collections, India and the World - A New Model, will be moderated by Dr. James Cuno, President and CEO, the J. Paul Getty Trust.

The panel will look at how museums like the British Museum with renowned world collections can share objects with different audiences.

Mark your calendars, already!

*The first of its kind, the exhibition will take place at the end of the year in Mumbai, and will move to Delhi in March 2018.