Prince of Wales Museum
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Barely a stone's throw from the Gateway
of India is the Prince of Wales Museum,
a magnificent, but somewhat strange structure,
built in a confluence of Gothic and Moorish
styles, and crowned by a sparkling white
dome. It boasts a good collection of ancient
Indus Valley artifacts dating back to 2000
BC, plus some priceless Tibetan and Nepali
Art. There is an entire gallery devoted
to Buddhist tankha scrolls and another to
Tibetan bronzes, but the chief attraction
here is the collection of over 2000 miniature
paintings from the various art schools of
India. Next to the Museum is the Bombay
Natural History Society, which has an extensive
collection of local flora and fauna.
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