Kelkar Museum
was established in 1962 by Baba Dinkar Kelkar and was
donated to the Maharashtra government in 1975. The museum
has 20,000 different articles, all personally collected
by Baba Kelkar from all over the world. When his son
died at the age of seven, he decided to do something
in his remembrance and that is how the thought of building
this museum was conceived.The museum houses the entire
collection of Baba Kelkar, a recreation of the famous
Mastani Mahal, research and storage facilities and the
Institute of Musicology and fine arts. It is a resting
place for Dr. Kelkar’s obsession to create a centre
for artistic endevours.
This museum houses the collection of the late Dinkar
Kelkar, a dedicated art lover. The museum concentrates
on the arts of everyday life: pots, lamps, nutcrackers,
pen and ink stands, containers and other such functional
objects, each perfectly crafted and ornamented. The
wood carvings include carved wooden doors and windows
from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and Kerala. The metal
objects include locks, ink pots, ritual bowls and nutcrackers.
There are also an hodgepodge of oil lamns in and copper.
Another collection is of the paintings from addition
is the section on women, which depicts their significant
role in Indian society.
For those who want to experience the rich and tasteful
lifestyle of maharajas in the 18th century, there is
a tambool collection including nut-cutters of different
shapes and sizes, betel boxes, lime containers and spittoons.
The built-in designs are proof of the artistic brilliance
of people belonging to that century. |
