The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday, November 3, informed that the work for first phase of textile museum will be completed by February next year, which will be just ahead of the civic body polls.
This comes two years after the civic body began work on creating a textile museum at the decrepit United Mills Compound 2 and 3, to showcase Mumbai’s erstwhile mill culture.
According to reports, the museum, spread over 16.3 acres of land, will document, archive and represent Mumbai’s textile legacy.
A civic official said that earlier they were planning to open the museum for the public after the entire project was complete. But that is at least going to take three more years. Phase one will be completed in February, after which we will open it for the public. However, ticket and pricing are yet to be decided.
Though phase 1 does not include the actual displays for the museum, it includes a tourist attraction of a three-dimensional multimedia water fountain, within the mill’s premises. It might also host musical fountain shows.
Reports stated that the musical fountain will cost the civic body ₹19 crores and an additional ₹3 crores for operation and maintenance for four years.
Meanwhile, the remaining phase one will cost ₹10 crores.
BMC will simultaneously work on phase two of the project, which includes creating the museum displays, structural restoration of the entire building, plumbing, drainage, fire safety, among others. This is likely to take three more years, after which, the civic body will begin procuring items for museum displays.
Phase two is in the tendering process at present.
Part one comprised upgrading the infrastructure of the area, restoring gates and grills and constructing a canteen. This part of the project is complete. Part two includes landscaping of the area, constructing an open-to-air amphitheatre, cleaning up the pond, and setting up a musical fountain. People can view the musical show from the amphitheatre.
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