Greetings from the CSMVS, Mumbai !

WWe are happy to present Volume 5, Issue 2 (April – June 2012) of the Museum Newsletter - every quarter.

The Museum is celebrating its 90th Anniversary by organizing a number of temporary and special exhibitions in collaboration with various cultural Institutes and private collectors and also a range of cultural and educational programs by inviting experts and scholars from all over the world (see Recap pages 10,11 & 13).

We are indeed happy to inform you that the reorganized Khandalavala Gallery is ready to reopen its doors to the public on 10th April, with a new look and climate control system. We are also planning to reopen the renovated Far- Eastern Gallery (a Visual Storage) and Sir Ratan Tata Gallery of European Paintings towards the end of April. These galleries are upgraded with modern lighting techniques and interpretative gadgets. With the opening of these three galleries we will successfully be completing renovation and reorganization work of five major galleries including Miniature Painting and Pre & Proto History Galleries. Beside these, we have undertaken two more galleries for up gradation and a new textile gallery is being set up. It was an uphill task before the management to complete these projects along with other 12 ongoing projects under phase I without shutting the Museum even for a day. I take this opportunity to salute my staff for their incredible energy and dedication to work. A big thanks to the members of Monitoring Committee more particularly Mr. Eknath Kshirsagar and Mr. T.R. Doongaji for efficiently monitoring all the projects. Last but not the least, we all owe our thanks to our Chairperson Mrs. K.F. Mehta and all the Trustees for their unstinted support and encouragement.

This quarter will witness a special exhibition entitled ‘New Acquisitions - Selected Art objects from the CSMVS Collection’, at the PR Gallery in the first half of May and also concluding part of the British Museum Leadership Training Program for Indian Museum Professionals. The Education Department has chalked out very extensive summer holidays programs for students and young adults (see program pages 6 & 7). For cultural and academic programme please refer our forthcoming events on page17.

We hope this issue of our newsletter is informative. We thank you for your continued support.