OBSERVATION

ARCHITECTURE OF INDIAN MUSEUM :

 The architecture of the Indian Museum resembles a simplistically designed grand white Neoclassical-style building. Each floor houses colonnaded pavilions and massive halls.  The museum was completed in 1875 at a total expense of INR 1, 40,000. The building has three floors, each spanning across an area of around 930 square meters.

 Entrance Gate.  Window, inviting day light.  2.4m wide,

Colonnaded

Corridor.  Natural & Artificial light in galleries.

 Bilateral Symmetrical layout.  Huge Central Courtyard.

 Staircase.

 Elegant balustrades & lamp standard.  Doric Columns fused with Arch opening.  View form cor-ridor of 1st floor.

The total area is divided into thirty five galleries, whose sizes vary depending on what they feature. These are broadly classified under six sections, namely,

Archaeological or that which preserves sculptures belonging to the Mathura and Gandhara styles of art, Egyptian artefacts and over 50,000 coins from different dynasties, dating as far back as the 5th century BC.

Replica of reminents of sanchi stupa Gandhara styles of art

View showing the arrangement of the gallery

Space in between columns Bharhaut & gandhara gallery

The adjacent picture of the gallery showcases the presence of long rose windows which was probably used in ancient times for natural lighting but now it has been covered and process for artificial lighting has been provided. The space between 2 columns in kept as an exhibit space and as one can see each exhibit space in artificially lighted . 09