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Tribal museum The Museum of Tribal Heritage at Bhopal was
commissioned by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
in 2004 The Museum is designed to create a built fabric
which the tribal communities could identify with!
e"tend! and evolve! to represent themselves and
e"press their own ideas and way of life with ease and
spontaneity #hile the architecture of the Museum is
inspired by tribal rhythms! geometries! materials!
forms! aesthetics and spatial consciousness!
these very $ualities are now acting as points of inspiration for the
display materials being created by tribal artisans! supported by anthropologists! sociologists and social wor%ers
&ocation'Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum
(hyamala Hills! Bhopal 4)2002! Madhya Pradesh! *+,*-
Phone' ./ 1 2))/43! 2)))40
mail' contact5mptribalmuseumcom!
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i beam
steel
tubes
Built on a site of seven acres! the galleries are raised above the
ground on columns! forming a continuous! multileveled veranda!
following the contours of the sloping! roc%y terrain
The structure is built of steel tubes! castellated girders! and
steel rods fabricated into intricate trusses
(teel seemed to be a natural choice in the land 7 location of ancient *ron -ge 7 Bron8e -ge civili8ations! and the
contemporary truc% body building industry
The roofs are made of half9round tiles! galvalume sheets and
concrete with a topping of grass and groundcover
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:irculation'
• -fter entering person has 2
choices whether to go to the
museum display or to the
warehouse
• -fter entering the main
museum circulation path has
been de;ned to ma%e visitors
go to through the same
passage and e"perience the
whole museum
• - separate passage way has
been de;ned for the peoples
with the o<ce related wor%
• (pecial care has been ta%en for
the movement of the
physically challenged visitors
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• - central area for seating for the fatigue
• :entral area was created around
the small manmade la%e with duc%s Ma%ing the view $uite rela"ing
=e$uirements of tribal museum'
Par%ing 2 (ervice entry
> =eception 4 (hop
-dministration )
?pen air theatre
1 "hibition area 3 #ashrooms
/ #ater facility 0 ?pen air courtyard
Materials of building'
• #alls were made up of local stone left e"posed
• ?ther walls were made up of bric% plastered
with crushed stone on the outside and mud plaster on the inside
• The roofs are made of half9round tiles! galvalume sheets and
concrete with a topping of grass and groundcover
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The plant material is composed of largely local forest species• The landscape is designed to collect and store rain water!
to be used for both cooling and irrigating the green roof! and gardens
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Best thing about the tribal museum! Bhopal was
its way of displaying tribes and di6erent cultures
People can actually touch the sculptures They can
feel the material -ll the sculptures and other
show casing things were created by the tribal
people themselves using the basic and old
techni$ues-s there were no rare things in displays! so there
was no re$uirement of the conservation lab
*nstead of conservation lab there was a warehouse
made for the restoration of the displays and the
sculptures &arge and bigger halls provide the(u<cient space to display big things and yet ma%ing the:irculation easy
The gallery has been divided into 4 parts'
Gallery '9 The gallery showcases cultural diversityof the state The gallery has been arranged so that
all9encompassing culture of Madhya Pradesh
emerges before visitors automatically - huge tree
is shown in the midst of map of Madhya Pradesh
Below the map! geographical presence of all ma@or
tribal clans of Madhya Pradesh has been displayed
through signi;cant symbols
Gallery 2'9 Tribal lifestyle has been displayed in thisgallery Here a huge food grain container has been re9constructed *nformation about diverse aspects of tribal
life has been given through ultramodern methods :hanges witnessed in tribal dwellings during last to 1
decades have also been displayed
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Gallery >'9 This is aesthetics gallery where tribal cosmetics have
been displayed apart from phases of tribal life! rituals! festive songs
pertaining to festivals and auspicious occasions etc There is a
marriage canopy in the midst of the gallery 6ort has been made to
personify events pertaining to seasons and agriculture! ballets!
attires and elegance
Gallery 4'9 This gallery has been presented li%e a ,ev &o% *t has
been decorated with twin%ling stars and constellations -part from
deities of stateAs Gods and Goddesses! &ingo ,ev %i Gudi and
Madiya ham etc of Bastar have also been displayed in it ?ther
e"hibits include Malwi Mata %i Gudi! (heetla Mata %a (than! Ghotul!
armaseni tree and a street in which potter! waterman! blac%smith!
gold smithAs houses and tools have been displayed