Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery

Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, museum and art gallery in Vadodara (Baroda), Gujarat state, India, founded by the maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda in 1887. It comprises two buildings. The Baroda Museum, which was completed in 1894, houses a diverse collection that includes Indian miniatures, sculpture, folk art, scientific exhibits, and ethnography. The second building is the Picture Gallery, which was constructed in 1908–14 and formally opened in 1921, after World War I. It is connected to the Baroda Museum via a covered bridge. The Picture Gallery displays European paintings, especially English portraits by George Romney and examples from the schools of Joshua Reynolds and Peter Lely. Works by Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Flemish artists are also included. Both buildings are in the Indo-Saracenic style and were constructed according to local Maratha architecture, which uses wooden framework and brick walls.