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The Asiatic Society of Mumbai aka Town Hall was built back in 1833 by Colonel Thomas Cowper. This makes the building almost 184 years old, closing in on two centuries. Standing tall with its white columns and majestic high-ceilings, The Town Hall has finally gone under restoration to repair the damages done over time. The central hall is open to the public now. Laxmi Hericon is the company that has undertaken the restoration project. Shrinivas G Saluje, the managing director of the firm tells us the work at The Town hall began eight years ago in 2009; in phases with just one more phase to go. Currently, there’s one more phase to go – to repair the outside facades and the steps that have been blocked from the public. Keeping the original designs and materials as close to the original as possible, the central hall looks ravishing and straight out of a classic novel. With its high-rising chandeliers, the steel cupboards that have given way to hand-carved wooden bookcases and reading stands, the hall looks as good as new. Even the little-little intricate details have been taken care, reiterates Saluje. For example, the lions mouth found on the cupboards and columns, has been replicated to the T – keeping its authenticity intact. The ionic columns have been repainted and plastered freshly to give off a smooth look, along with the statues that have been coated with protective paint and restored.

The Royal Asiatic Society's Digital Library provides free online access to some of our historic collections, for a worldwide audience. The site features archives, manuscripts, artwork, photographs, and more, from a variety of Asian cultures, as well as materials showing some of the ways Europeans have responded to Asia over the centuries. The site does not contain our whole collection, but we aim to constantly add new content. For further information about any of our collections or activities, please contact us or visit the Society’s main website. We are very grateful to the Friends of the National Libraries for generously supporting the creation of this Digital Library, and for the digitization of the Thomas Manning Archive. We are also grateful to the following partners for their generous support towards the digitization of items in the Society’s collections: Kahle/Austin Foundation; National Library Board, Singapore; National Archives of Malaysia; Professor Charles Melville, Dr Firuza Melville, and the Pembroke Shahnama Centre for Persian Studies; Dr Barbara Brend; Byoma Kusuma Buddhadharma Sangha; Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal; Professor Rajeev Kinra; Dr Annabel Teh Gallop; and Dr Shuchi Gupta. Thomas Manning was a mathematician and one of Britain's first Sinologists. He was the first Englishman to meet the Dalai Lama, visited Napoleon in St Helena, and corresponded with the likes of Charles Lamb (1775-1834), Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) and Charles Lloyd (1775-1839)...

This place is on the way to gateway of India from Chhatrapati Shivaji maharaj Railway station. If you are member of this library then you will be able to enter else you may enjoy the photography on the every steps. Place is very much photogenic. Many movies have used this location in their movies whether it's bollywood or Marathi or south movies. Now days it's must location for Prewedding photography and videography This is one of big library having many books journals etc. it is founded in 26th November 1804 by Sir James Mackintosh aim was to promote research and share knowledge through books. The Asiatic Society of Mumbai is a learned society in the field of Asian Studies based in Mumbai, India. It You must visit this place if you are new in Mumbai city,it is a peaceful place for students studying architecture, interior design can visit this place and also as heritage model This place is heaven for those who love old buildings. The place was started building in 19th century and even today the building stand still. This shows excellent planning and quality of work in olden days. Do visit this place if you are at fort. Only members are allowed to enter the library. The membership costs 1500/- per annum + 2 member referrals.

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SERVICES • All categories of members except the short term users (on special permission), research scholars, staff members are given the facilities of lending Books. • Temporary reading facilities are offered to non-members with proper identification. • There are five reading rooms in the Asiatic Society. The main reading room is in the new building, first floor for books and journals and second floor for manuscripts. For reference books and for Persian, Urdu and Arabic books, users are advised to consult the reading room of the reference section in the first floor and the ground floor of the old building respectively. For consulting bound volumes of journals there is a separate reading room in the Metcalfe Hall. • All users are provided with Xerox/scan facilities of the relevant portion of the books and journals etc. available in the Library. • Internet facilities are available in the main reading room. • Searching database of the library through OPAC is available. • Digitization of rare text has been initiated. • Good and efficient reference services are provided to the users. As the society possesses good collection of reference sources, the queries are answered carefully to meet the need of the users. • Bibliographies of different topics on the occasion of seminars and on demand of scholars are prepared regularly. • Current Awareness Service for notifying Arrival of New Books and New Issues of Journals is provided to the users through monthly bulletin and notice board....

Welcome to The Royal Asiatic Society The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 ‘ for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia’.