As a young boy growing up in Santiniketan, I was weak in mathematics. So, my maternal aunt taught me addition and subtraction using the leaves of the imli tree, and it worked," chuckles Sabyasachi Mukherjee, director general, Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), recalling his tryst with numerophobia.

The modern glasshouse structure co-exists with the old museum building