Baroda Museum And Picture Gallery

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Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery is Located at Sayajibaug, Vadodara 390 018. Edit

Detail InformationEdit

Baroda museum homes a set that belongs to the maharajah Sayajirao. the general define of the museum is of ancient Indian architecture with picket framework full of brick wall and therefore the ground floor is of pure European brick style. The artifacts are displayed in kind of rooms like Michel Angelo, Greco-Roman room, European room : 7th-18th centuries AD (pre-industrial period), 18th-20th centuries AD (industrial period), special exhibition halls, Japanese Gallery, Tibet-Nepalese gallery, Egypt-Babylonian Gallery, Chinese Gallery, larger Indian room, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Malaya, Indo-China, state and then on. Baroda art gallery has a chic collection of European old masters, Veronese, Giordano, Zurbaran, some Flemish and Dutch faculty paintings, Turner and Constable, a set of Mughal miniatures and valuable palm-leaf manuscripts of Buddhist and jain origin. The most attraction of the museum are the skeleton of a blue whale and an Egyptian mummy. It additionally has an excellent assortment of art objects and paintings, together with the renowned Akota bronzes dating from 5th Century A.D. alternative treasures include a full-fledged gallery of Tibetan Art.

Baroda Museum And Picture Gallery, Vadodara

HistoryEdit

Baroda museum and picture Gallery with a powerful collections of art and archeology, natural history, earth science and anthropology was founded by maharajah Sayajirao Gaekwad in 1887. Designed by country architectures R.F. Chisholm and Major R.N. Ment on the lines of Victoria and Albert and Science museums of London, the museum building that was made in 1894 may be a fine example of Indo-Sarcenic sort of design. The picture gallery was later introduced in 1914, but it absolutely was opened during 1921 as a result of the delay in transporting the gathering of European paintings to Baroda due to warfare. The museum and the picture gallery, having a vicinity of 40,000 sq. ft each, are placed in two separate two-storied building that are connected by a covered bridge passage.

Must SeeEdit

Attraction

Visiting TimeEdit

10.30 am- 5 pm

Closed OnEdit

N.A.

Best Season to VisitEdit

October and March.

Best Time To VisitEdit

Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

2 to 3 hours.

Ticket Required : Yes Edit

Individual National Adult Rs. : Rs. 10

Kids Rs. : N.A.

Individual Foreigner Adult Rs. : Rs. 200

Kids Rs. : N.A.

Still Photo Camera Rs. : N.A.

Video Camera Rs. : N.A.

Guide Required : No Edit

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Dress Code (If Any) : No Edit

Dress Require: N.A.

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How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Taxies are available from Railway station and Airport to reach the Sight.

Bus : Buses are operated by VTCOS town bus service further as the private bus operators. The main bus stands within the town are the Nizampura Bus Stand, Chhani Bus Stand, Laxmipura Bus Stand and Tarsali Bus Stand.

Train : The major rail junction in Vadodara is that the Vadodara railway station. The station is found right within the heart. It is the state’s busiest junction. From here major cities of India may be reached simply by train. Vadodara has 5 railway stations; they’re Vadodara Junction, Bajwa, Pratapnagar, Makarpura and Vishwamitri. From railway station taxies and autorickshaws are availble to reach the site.

Air : Vadodara’s airport additionally called Civil airport Harni presently operates domestic flights solely. Airlines like Air India, Jet Airways and Indigo operates direct flights to and from Delhi and Mumbai. The closest international airport is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport which is regarding 100 km away in Ahmedabad and is served by Air India, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines. Once getting airport, taxies and autorickshaws are availble to reach the site.

Others : Auto rickshaws : Auto rickshaws are also available from the airport and this is the cheapest option that you can take to reach the city center.

By Boat : Vadodara can be accessed by travelling in river Mahi in a boat from Savli.