Mumbai’s first children’s museum opens to public at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Mumbai’s first children’s museum opens to public at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Parth Khatau |Updated: April 16, 2019 8:49:41 am

Mumbai’s first children’s museum opens to public at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

The museum displays a wide range of art, from ancient sculptures to contemporary paintings, depicting India’s rich culture and heritage, re-interpreted through a child’s imagination. The 50 artefacts include a sculpture of freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi’s Charkha.

The children were chosen for the task through an inter-school art and essay competition, where they had to describe the museum of their dreams.  Express photo by Nirmal Harindran, 29th March 2019, Mumbai. ( Parth story )

I love playing snakes and ladders with my friends. I am glad we were able to include the same in our museum,” beams 10-year-old Sakina Mandsaurwalla. She is one of the 25 children who have curated the exhibition titled “Footsteps — Framing the Future” at the newly-opened Children’s Museum at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai. Looking at the ancient Indian board game that is a worldwide classic, Mandsaurwalla, a student of Fazlani L’Academie Globale, adds, “The game fell under the themes we explored — friendship and hard work. The ladders and the snakes in the game point to the ups and downs we face in life.”