Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum

Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum Mumbai's oldest Museum. Opened in 1872 as the Victoria & Albert Museum. Winner of 2005 UNESCO Award.

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Veer Mata Jijabai Udyan
91/A Dr. Ambedkar Road, Byculla (E)
Mumbai 400 027

Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with EkiBeki invites you to Kalaangan 2026! Join us at the Museum Plaza for a s...
05/05/2026

Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with EkiBeki invites you to Kalaangan 2026!

Join us at the Museum Plaza for a summer festival showcasing India’s crafts. Featuring over 40 traditional and contemporary styles of craftsmanship and design from across the country, Kalaangan blends diverse handcrafted textiles, accessories, jewellery, home decor and more, with immersive folk art performances and hands-on workshops conducted by artisans.

Save the dates!
🗓️ Friday 22nd May - Sunday, 24th May 2026
📍Museum Plaza, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Timings: 10 am - 7 pm (last entry at 6:30 pm)

Open to all, Museum entry tickets applicable.
Parking is subject to availability.

Ever wondered how a landscape shifts as you stop and stare? Do the trees and birds echo your thoughts?Join us for a work...
05/05/2026

Ever wondered how a landscape shifts as you stop and stare? Do the trees and birds echo your thoughts?

Join us for a workshop and a guided walkthrough navigating the visual and sonic elements in ‘Landscape Plays’, and linger on what draws your attention. Inspired by Heiner Goebbels’ approach to spectatorship, the session encourages a way of seeing that is unstructured and self-directed, much like encountering a landscape. Participants are invited to experiment with materials, textures, and objects to reflect on their own relationships with art, space, and environment.


This workshop is inspired by the ongoing exhibition ‘Landscape Plays’ by Heiner Goebbels, presented by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai.


Zainab Tambawalla is a Mumbai-based artist, illustrator and urban sketcher. Having trained at Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya and later at the National Institute of Design, her work spans across film, children’s book illustration, and publishing. Most recently, Zainab showed her first solo exhibition, ‘SEEN UNSEEN’, at 47-A, and currently teaches at the Ecole Intuit Lab in Mumbai.

No prior experience in art is required, and materials will be provided.


Sunday, 10th May
10 am to 1 pm
Age: 16 and above
Charges: Rs. 250 per person
Museum entry charges applicable
Registration: Link in bio

And... SCENE!Join us for an immersive workshop where children hop into a world of stories that unfold like a landscape -...
28/04/2026

And... SCENE!

Join us for an immersive workshop where children hop into a world of stories that unfold like a landscape - layered, shifting, and open to interpretation. Using Heiner Goebbels’ compositions as a starting point, participants will explore how sound, movement, objects, and imagination come together to create a theatrical experience. No prior experience with theatre or dance is required.

Through guided prompts and playful exercises, participants will learn to use their surroundings and everyday objects as tools to build visual and physical landscapes with their bodies. The workshop invites participants to listen, respond, and build a world together!

This workshop is inspired by the ongoing exhibition ‘Landscape Plays’ by Heiner Goebbels, presented by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai.

Dipna Daryanani is a Mumbai-based movement artist, educator, facilitator and children’s author. With over 18 years of experience in early childhood and a decade of practice in contemporary dance and performance, she creates immersive, participatory experiences for children and families. She is the founder of Move With Joy, a creative movement practice for young children and adults. She has presented her original work at venues such as Prithvi Theatre, NCPA and festivals like the Serendipity Arts Festival and Vizag Lit Fest across India.

Sunday, 3rd May 2026
11 am - 1 pm
Age: 6 - 12 years
Charges: Rs. 150
A caregiver must accompany a child and does not require a separate event ticket. Museum entry tickets are applicable to both.

Registration link in bio!

A closer look at the hardbound publication accompanying Fieldnotes: Tomorrow Was Here Yesterday, Jitish Kallat’s 2011 ex...
25/04/2026

A closer look at the hardbound publication accompanying Fieldnotes: Tomorrow Was Here Yesterday, Jitish Kallat’s 2011 exhibition at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum.

The book features a foreword by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta and Inside the Time Machine: Jitish Kallat’s Negotiations with Museum Space by Ranjit Hoskote.

Hoskote offers a deeply layered reading of the exhibition as a negotiation with museum space, where archive, city, colonial memory, civic and political history, and the artist’s longstanding engagement with time converge.

Through images, texts, and details of Kallat’s interventions across the museum, the publication revisits the institution as a living site of time, history, and active public encounter.

The book is available in the Museum Shop.

“There each sentence connects with another. Between them lie a hundred years.” - La Bas by Elias CanettiJoin us at the m...
21/04/2026

“There each sentence connects with another. Between them lie a hundred years.” - La Bas by Elias Canetti

Join us at the museum for a ‘Found Poetry’ workshop to string words, ideas and images together creatively. Immerse yourselves in Heiner Goebbels’ poetic compositions, and find meaning in disparate words, photographs, articles, or even reference literary and visual sources of your choice!

The session is inspired by the ongoing exhibition, ‘Landscape Plays by Heiner Goebbels’, presented by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai.

Sunday, 26th April
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Age: 14+, adults welcome
Charges: Rs. 100 per person

Museum entry charges applicable
Registration link in bio.

Attached to bales of cloth and circulated across continents, glossy, brightly coloured printed tickets or labels were cr...
13/04/2026

Attached to bales of cloth and circulated across continents, glossy, brightly coloured printed tickets or labels were created by layering images and text over one another. Join us to explore the basics of layered printing processes and create your own unique, dynamic prints!

The workshop is inspired by the ongoing exhibition, ‘Ticket, Tika, Chaap: The Art of the Trademark in Indo-British Textile Trade’, presented by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with the Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru and Impart.

Saturday, 19th April
11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Ages: 13+, adults welcome
(Accompanying adults are required to register as participants.)
Charges: Rs. 150 per person

Museum entry charges applicable
Registration: Link in bio

Did you know that Mumbai was known as "Heptanesia" in the second century? Ptolemy, the famous Roman geographer, mathemat...
28/03/2026

Did you know that Mumbai was known as "Heptanesia" in the second century? Ptolemy, the famous Roman geographer, mathematician, and astronomer, mentioned the 7 islands in his work 'Geographia'.

How well do you know the stories of the city — the history, cultures, and stories of the land and its people abound in the museum? Come join us for a thrilling morning with Quiz Master Seema Chari, for 'The Good-Bay' quiz, and maybe even walk away with a prize.

Seema Chari is an author, quizmaster, polyglot and academe. A walkthrough with the Museum's education team will precede the quiz, for you to familiarise yourself with the city and its history through maps, dioramas, clay models and more!

Saturday, 4th April, 2026
11 am to 1 pm
Ages: 7 to 11
Charges: Free
Museum entry charges are applicable.

Registration Link in Bio.

'Tickets', 'tikas' or 'chaaps' were colourful textile labels attached to bales of cloth coming from all over the world, ...
19/03/2026

'Tickets', 'tikas' or 'chaaps' were colourful textile labels attached to bales of cloth coming from all over the world, and sent to markets from Mumbai, Manchester and as far as Vietnam. They were created using chromolithography, a revolutionary printing technique that democratised access to colour imagery at the time.

Join us for a session with Steam Academy, to learn the science behind this innovative technique, and how printers created new designs, experimented with replication to make bold, colourful, and iconic prints that still continue to dazzle!

The session is inspired by the ongoing exhibition, 'Ticket, Tika, Chaap: The Art of the Trademark in Indo-British Textile Trade', presented by the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in collaboration with the Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru and Impart.

Friday, 20th March, 2026
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Ages: Grade 6 to 8
Museum entry charges applicable

Registration link in bio

Image courtesy of MAP, Bengaluru.

‘Landscape Plays’, a solo exhibition by Heiner Goebbels in collaboration with the with Goethe Institute, Max Mueller Bha...
15/03/2026

‘Landscape Plays’, a solo exhibition by Heiner Goebbels in collaboration with the with Goethe Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai previewed at the Museum yesterday!

Goebbels’s immersive ‘landscapes’ invite visitors to move beyond passive recognition of sounds and images and actively navigate the interplay of light, sound and movement.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the preview! Stay tuned for upcoming walkthroughs and workshops.

On view: 15th March to 31st May, 2026
Museum entry ticket applicable

Dr Bhau Daji Museum presents ‘Landscape Plays’, the first solo exhibition in India by internationally acclaimed artist, ...
06/03/2026

Dr Bhau Daji Museum presents ‘Landscape Plays’, the first solo exhibition in India by internationally acclaimed artist, composer and theatre-maker, Heiner Goebbels, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai from 15th March to 31st May, 2026.

Goebbels’ works situate contemporary sound within the praxis of performing and visual art through the creation of site-specific immersive installations. Visitors are invited to move beyond passive recognition of sounds and images and actively navigate the interplay of light, sound, and movement. The exhibition moves away from the traditional narrative arc to foreground unfolding events within a play in an indeterminate manner, allowing for a fluid, self reflexive experience rather than a story explicitly told.

'Ticket, Tika, Chaap: The Art of the Trademark in the Indo-British Textile Trade' previewed yesterday at the Museum! The...
01/03/2026

'Ticket, Tika, Chaap: The Art of the Trademark in the Indo-British Textile Trade' previewed yesterday at the Museum!

The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bengaluru and Impart, and curated by Nathaniel Gaskell and Shrey Maurya.

Bringing intricate and evocative textile tickets into focus, the exhibition explores the new visual language that emerged in the cloth shops that had increasingly begun selling British and Indian mill-made cloth in the bustling bazaars of the 19th and early-20th centuries in India. Glossy, brightly coloured paper labels, bearing elaborate images accompanied each bolt of cloth that arrived from Britain. The textile ticket is a testament to how images shape perception, value, and desire– a story as relevant today as it was over a century ago.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us. Stay tuned for upcoming walkthroughs and workshops.

On view till 7 June 2026.
Museum entry ticket applicable.

"This is one of my favourite museums - anywhere in the world! The displays are done with such rich thought and care and ...
25/02/2026

"This is one of my favourite museums - anywhere in the world! The displays are done with such rich thought and care and they so clearly and interestingly convey the purpose of the original museum and what we can learn from it today. And a great exhibition, thoughtful and visually effective. I enjoyed it very much."
Mark Jones, Former Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

The museum was honoured to welcome Mark Jones, the former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the British Museum, with his family and friends. Managing Trustee & Director, Tasneem Mehta, walked them through the museum and the ongoing exhibition, 'Weaving Flowers, Wandering Stains, and Floating Silks' by Archana Hande.

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Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan, (Rani Baug) 91/A, Drive Ambedkar Road, Byculla E
Mumbai
400027

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm

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+912223741234

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