Sakhinala, Santhosh
Botanical Gallery in the Indian Museum - Vol.70(2), Dec-Mar - Mumbai Marg Publications 2018-19 - 68-69p.
This article briefly traces the history of the Botanical Gallery in the Indian Museum, Kolkata. The gallery displays the colonial accumulation and organization of “economic botany” encased in Victorian-era glass vitrines. It also has dioramas that narrates the industrial processes of transformation of raw botanical materials into commercial products. The collection showcases the empire’s utilitarian approach to nature and attempts to establish authority over the country’s resources.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
Botanical Gallery in the Indian Museum - Vol.70(2), Dec-Mar - Mumbai Marg Publications 2018-19 - 68-69p.
This article briefly traces the history of the Botanical Gallery in the Indian Museum, Kolkata. The gallery displays the colonial accumulation and organization of “economic botany” encased in Victorian-era glass vitrines. It also has dioramas that narrates the industrial processes of transformation of raw botanical materials into commercial products. The collection showcases the empire’s utilitarian approach to nature and attempts to establish authority over the country’s resources.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)