Located in
the popular Sayaji Bagh, the museum houses a collection which belonged to
the former maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad. Indian rulers during the Raj often
collected all kinds of European art and other knick knacks.
Largely
being the personal collection of the maharaja, the exhibits span across
centuries and continents, as well as diverse art forms. There are Greek
and Roman sculpture with European paintings of earlier periods. Asian
section has items from Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, China and Japan made of
wood, ivory, bronze and pottery.
The Indian art section is a
line collection of ancient objects. There is a bronze jar circa
2nd century AD, perhaps associated with the Graeco-Roman trading with
India around Gujarat in pre historic times. There are painted manuscripts
from Rajasthan school, a Ragamala series and family portraits.
Baroda
Museum and Picture Gallery
Sayaji Park Vadodara
Timing:
10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Closed on Mondays and government holidays.
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