Encountering history

A museum in Mumbai gives visitors an opportunity to witness rare artifacts

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For some years now, unbeknownst to the public, a “hospital” has existed within the confines of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS). The treatment provided at the museum art conservation centre, however, is for centuries-old paintings and artifacts. The museum has now put on display 50 such recently-restored objects, along with a behind-the-scenes explainer on the process of their revival.   Some 150 pieces of art are being conserved as part of a project called ConservArt, for which CSMVS has collaborated with Citi India, and this is the first of ...

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Encountering history