Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

CSMVS (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum) is Mumbai's most important museum — a domed Indo-Saracenic masterpiece completed in 1922 to commemorate the 1905 visit of King George V (then Prince of Wales), housing one of India's finest collections of art, archaeology, and natural history. The museum's 50,000+ objects span the Indus Valley civilisation, Mughal miniatures, Tibetan and Nepalese art, European paintings, and the Himalayan bronze and sculpture galleries that are widely considered the finest in South Asia.

The building itself, designed by George Wittet (who also designed the Gateway of India), is set in a garden in the Kala Ghoda district and is one of the most photographed examples of the Indo-Saracenic style. Allow at least two hours for the main galleries; the Premchand Roychand Gallery of decorative arts and the natural history wing are often overlooked but worth the time.