Miniature paintings, textiles, coins, hair ornaments, bronzes, wood work, European decorative art, prints, old post cards and a lot more — a total of 2,027 objects have been collected from various sources by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in the last five years since 2007. Two hundred of these objects will go on display at an exhibition titled Sanchayan, which opens this Saturday.

The exhibition has been organised to highlight the fact that the museum not only maintains its collections well, but also enthusiastically engages in a continuous process of acquiring artifacts or objects that have great value. “A collection is the core of a museum. No museum can exist without collecting art objects that are a reflection of its past and present society,” says Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General, CSMVS.