https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Mahatma_Phule_MuseumMahatma Phule Museum - Revision history2026-07-31T04:01:03ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Mahatma_Phule_Museum&diff=315737&oldid=prevUpdateBot at 13:00, 21 May 20222022-05-21T13:00:18Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br />
[[File:Mahatma Phule Museum.jpg|thumb|Mahatma Phule Museum]]<br />
'''Mahatma Phule Museum''' is a museum located in [[Pune]], a city in the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Kumar2010">{{cite book|author=Ganesh Kumar|title=Modern General Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbnFSqKSVb0C&pg=PA119|access-date=23 May 2012|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Upkar Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7482-180-5|pages=119}}</ref> It was founded in 1890 and was then called the Poona Industrial Museum, and subsequently it was named [[Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay|Lord Reay]] Museum. In 1968 it was renamed as [[Mahatma Phule]] Museum.<ref name="TOI-20050402">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-04-02/pune/27852418_1_museum-special-interest-models|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103083810/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-04-02/pune/27852418_1_museum-special-interest-models|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=Phule museum: natural history delight|last= Sonawane|first=Snehal|date=2005-04-02|access-date=22 May 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Mumbai}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Sections==<br />
[[File:Mahatma Phule museum.jpg|thumb|200px|An exhibit in the museum]]<br />
The museum contains sections that contain some pictures, charts, models and machines and science models. The displays are related to industry and engineering, geology and minerals, handicrafts and cottage industries, agriculture, forestry, natural history and armoury. The armoury has weapons of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] and [[Maratha]] period. There are charts that detail various forts in Pune district. The natural history section has a taxidermy collection of various species of animals, birds, insects, snakes and fishes. The industrial section has models of Indian hydro-electric and irrigation projects and oil refining methods that explain scientific agriculture.<ref name="TOI-20050402" /><br />
<br />
==Library==<br />
The museum has housed a library since its inception.<ref name="Gupta2001">{{cite book|author=Ed. K.R. Gupta|title=Directory of Libraries in India,2 Vols|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmc7oIo72wwC&pg=PA487|access-date=23 May 2012|date=1 September 2001|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri|isbn=978-81-7156-985-4|pages=487}}</ref> It contains books that cover a variety of subjects, especially those on ancient technologies and [[museology]].<ref name="TOI-20050402" /><br />
<br />
==B. V. Gharpure==<br />
A '''TOI''' news story quotes the present administrator of the museum Rajeev Vilekar thus: "Gharpure was curator at the museum from 1930-1954. His contributions to the museum have been immense... one of the halls here has his name in his honour".<ref name="TOI-20050402" /> A ''[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|Toledo Blade]]'' news story reports the visit to Toledo in March 1948, of B.V. Gharpure, curator of what it calls "Lord Reay Maharashtra Industrial Museum, Bombay". The story quotes Gharpure stating that the purpose of the museum is "teaching an unschooled population in modern methods of agriculture, engineering and science". It reports that the Gharpure was on a year-long international tour that would also take him to Russia and Germany.<ref name="TB-19480326">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19480325&id=1eEpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9v8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5448,1998893|title=India visitor impressed by Toledo museum|date=1948-03-26|work=Toledo Blade|pages=25|access-date=22 May 2012|location=Toledo, Ohio}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Srishtidnyan==<br />
The museum publishes the science monthly ''[[Srishtidnyan]]'' which explains scientific development to lay persons in a simple language.<ref name="TOI-20050402" /> It is the pioneer Marathi popular science monthly, established in 1928. Scientists and experts in different branches of sciences and technology contribute popular articles to the journal.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Mahatma Phule Museum}}{{Pune topics|state=collapsed}}{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{Coord missing|Maharashtra}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Museums in Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Museums established in 1890]]<br />
[[Category:Jyotirao Phule]]<br />
[[Category:1890 establishments in India]]</div>UpdateBot