MUMBAI.- The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum is now accessible online on Google Cultural Institute!

The Google Cultural Institute is a unique tool by Google giving users the ability to experience a ‘virtual tour’ of some of the best museums across the world. It has put the world’s cultural treasures at the fingertips of Internet users and is viewed by over 51 million people.

At the launch on 21st January 2016, Amit Sood, Director of the Google Cultural Institute, said that the Museum was the first to be featured in Mumbai because ‘it is a museum of the city and preserves the cultural history of Mumbai.’

After an extensive two-year effort by the Museum team in collaboration with Google, more than 200 highlights from our collection as well as contemporary art exhibitions can all be accessed virtually. The Museum View Feature allows a 360 degree virtual tour of the Museum. Specially curated virtual exhibitions tell the story of the restoration and revitalisation of the Museum, as well as important contemporary art shows like '7000 Museums: A Project for the Republic of India' by Atul Dodiya and the 'ZegnArt Public/India' artwork by Reena Kallat and 'This Too Shall Pass' by Sudarshan Shetty. Get up close with ultra-high resolution images as Museum collections can now be viewed in never-before-seen definition thanks to the Google Cultural Institute’s zoom features. Users can explore it in extraordinary detail and experience it far beyond what is visible to the naked eye.

Through this initiative, Mumbai’s oldest museum’s collection and exhibitions will now be accessible to people around the world who do not have the opportunity to travel and visit the Museum.

Amit Sood, Director, Google Cultural Institute, said,“It is our privilege to help iconic Indian institutions such as Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum to exhibit their rich collections online using the power of technology. The criterion is that the institute’s collection has to be highly curated, of high quality and have a context. This museum has it all.”

Explore the Museum on GCI: bit.do/bdlmuseum