A Weekend full of Museums!

I couldn't live in Mumbai for over a month and not visit two of the most famous museums in India, the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum). My host brother from Oman came and visited me in Mumbai for the weekend since it is only a two hour flight and we visited lots of museums together! Here are some pictures of us embracing our tourist status.

I loved the architecture of the building!!

listening to the recording describing how the building was built

still listening... loved the sculpture gallery!

I want this in my future house... its almost as tall as me!

Indian style wedding... this is the best I can do until I crash a real one.

Ratan Tata is one of the wealthiest names in India.. and he owns
this portrait gallery along with many of the other exhibits in the museum. 

mmm, I love the jade!

driving around Mumbai after finishing our first museum!

posing in front of the Victoria Terminus building
(a large train station in the center of southern Mumbai)!

The next day I packed us some home cooked food for a little picnic lunch at a nearby cafe, and then we headed off to the gateway of India and to the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum.

on our way to the gateway of India... only to get distracted
along the way... ;) 

The Gateway of India with Rashid!

The Taj Mahal Hotel!

Having a little fun...

It has recently been renovated, and is such a beautiful museum! It holds exhibits that showcase all different aspects of Indian life and what natural resources India has at its disposal. For example there are artifacts made out of silver, gold, copper, sandstone, glass, ivory, minerals and precious stones.

They also had lots of artifacts from different countries that India traded with.

A beautiful boat made out of ivory

The museum also included small miniature scenes depicting
 Indian agricultural techniques

The beautiful building of the museum!

Then Sunday evening we went to a south indian restaurant with my roommate and flat mate. The food was delicious and colorful! A perfect ending to a very busy weekend! :)