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Kitchen
Utensils |
In the gallery of
the Kitchen utensils on the first floor amazing are big vessels for
cooking food in large quantity normally served in festivals and
marriage-parties. There are also big containers of liquid and those used
for storing food grains. This gallery also exhibits the day-to-day used
kitchen wares, with artistic touch as Vegetable-Cutters, Spice-Boxes and
Utensils in different material : wood, metal, stone, hide, papiermache, terracotta. ceramin etc. The measures in wood, the Kiln belonging to
16 th Cent. and the Noodle
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Toys
& Masks |
On the third
floor space has been provided for special Exhibition in which attempt is
made to exhibit sections which cannot be displayed in the permanent show.
Presently there is a special exhibition on armours and Tulsi Vrindavans. For children there are toys and masks to educate and
entertain. |
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Door
Gallery |
At the
Exit of the Museum there have been arranged the artistically decorated doors and windows of temples and the then existing houses from
various parts of India.
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Textile |
In the gallery of
Textile on the 2nd floor figure mainly the textiles from different parts
of the country. While the paithanies from Paithan of Maharashtra with
Jari-work and Embroidery impress upon the visitors the richness of style
of garments of the olden times, the Rabari garments take him to the
prominent folk style in Gujarat, Kutch and Kathiawad. |
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Library |
A library with Books on
Art, History and Conservation is also a must for the Museum which has
one of its important tasks to understand and make known the culture
tradition of the country in the light of the exhibits. The Museum has
taken proper care to built up a collection on important books on Art,
History, Architecture and so on. |
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Laboratory |
A Museum in modern
times is expected, if not much to collect, keeping in view the financial
constrains, at least to preserve and present the variety of exhibits in
its collection, in order to generate interest and curiosity about our
past. The Museum has rightly equipped itself with a conservation
Laboratory with modern most instruments and it is adopting up to date
techniques to display the exhibits. |
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Programmes
in Future |
1) Special Exhibition
on Paithan
Paintings.
2) To make Video Cassetts on Museum
and arrange lectures with slide
show.
3) Five year programme for the Birth-day Centenary of Late Dr. D. G.
Kelkar(10th Jan 1996 ) i.e. New Building Construction, Publication, raising Museum Funds, to arrange lectures and
seminars etc. |
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Board Of Management |
In
the year 1975 the Museum was taken over by the education Dept. of the
State Govt. for further development and expansion. A board of Management
was appointed as per the Agreement executed between Lt. Dr.Kelkar
and the State Govt. to take proper care of administration and growth of the
Museum.
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Location |
The
Museum has at present a collection of 20,000 objects divided into 40
sections , among which prominently figure the attractive Lamps, Paintings,
Tambool objects, Musical Instruments, Wood - work and so on , housed in a
three storey building located at 1377 and 1378,Shukrawar Peth in Pune. The
important exhibits in the various sections have been displayed in the
properly illuminated show-cases in the different galleries. |
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