Past Exhibitions

14 August 2024: Partition Horrors Remembrance Day Exhibition

VMH and IGNCA showcased a collaborative exhibition on the occasion of Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in the Queen’s Hall of VMH. The educational exhibition narrated the historical background of the Partition through narrative panels with photographs and news articles, bringing to light a story of unprecedented human displacement, forced migration and violence. It stood as a salutation to the millions of Indians who lost their lives in the horrors of Partition and suffered the pain of displacement.

6 to 18 August 2024: Fabric of Freedom

The Fabric of Freedom – a pop-up installation created in collaboration with DAG Museums, was displayed at the Great Indian Reformers Gallery at VMH from 13 to 18 August 2024. The installation was made by twenty students of classes VIII to X from four schools – Ek Tara Learning Centre, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Modern High School for Girls and South City International School. The installation, created on the theme of the role of fabric in India’s freedom struggle, was a part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Students explored the effects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain on the Indian silk weavers, the Indigo Revolution, the Santhal Rebellion and Bengal’s Partition during the four-day workshop from 6 to 9 August 2024 at VMH. The Hon’ble Member of the Board of Trustees of VMH, Smt. Anita Chakraborty and Shri Samarendra Kumar, Secretary and Curator, VMH inaugurated the installation, opening it for public viewing.

India: In the eyes of Thomas and William Daniell

The Durbar hall gallery houses an exhibition titled “India: In the eyes of Thomas and William Daniell”. The exhibition displays selective engravings by the Daniells from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall.

The Daniells played a prominent role in documenting the landscapes, building and peoples of the country. Their seven years tour of India from 1786 to 1793 and the subsequent publication of their work bought to the British public an unrivalled view of the scenes and architecture of this beautiful land. Their seven years stay ventured further than any British artist had done earlier. They took three tours across India: up the Ganga from Calcutta to Srinagar in Garhwal (1788-91), a circular tour around Mysore from Madras (1792-93) and finally on their return journey to England in 1793 visiting Bombay and its sites, sketching and drawing as they travelled. On their return to England they devoted themselves to the publication of the materials. Of the six volumes of Oriental Scenery was published in 1808. The Victoria Memorial Hall has the largest collection of paintings by the Daniells on lives and landscape in India.