Journeying into the mind's creativity A Think Museum Exhibition Twenty children of grade VII from Vissanji Academy created individual 'mini exhibitions' of ideas that matter most to them. To illustrate their ideas, children used museum objects and some new media from the present day. These were put together as one virtual exhibition as stages of [...]
Nirūpan_ Animals in Art with St. Xavier’s College A Think Museum Exhibition Think Museum Project The Think Museums Project is an extension of the Citi-CSMVS Museums on Wheels outreach initiative. It takes the idea of outreach a step further by enabling students to create and host museum-like exhibitions for learning and knowledge sharing. Through [...]
Thinking Stories with MET Rishikul A Think Museum Exhibition Think Museum Project The Think Museums Project is an extension of the Citi-CSMVS Museums on Wheels outreach initiative. It takes the idea of outreach a step further by enabling students to create and host museum-like exhibitions for learning and knowledge sharing. Through this initiative, students [...]
The collection of European Paintings at the CSMVS is one of the largest and most important in India. Masterpieces from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, along with some Victorian examples are part of this collection. Genres such as people and portraits, historical paintings, religious and mythological stories, scenes from daily life, and landscapes are depicted [...]
An exhibition of museum objects curated by children. Curators in museums tend to present academic interpretation in their exhibitions but objects can have many unique and interesting stories to tell. In the summer of 2023, the CSMVS Children’s Museum announced an internship for children in the ages of 13 to 17 years focusing on object [...]
A conversation on the making of Ancient Sculptures: India Egypt Assyria Greece Rome at CSMVS, Mumbai Why must we look at (and look into) our ancient connected world? Curators from CSMVS, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and The British Museum, come together to share their experiences of presenting the ancient sculptures on display at CSMVS, and [...]
FIRST KEYNOTE LECTURE 38th Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture By Neil MacGregor The great works of art now on display in the Rotunda of the CSMVS are part of two networks of global exchange. They were made many centuries ago to be seen in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. They have come to Mumbai to be enjoyed [...]
