Museum and Picture Gallery
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The Badora Museum and Picture Gallery is a museum of art in Sayajibaug in Gujarat in India.
The museum contains a broad spectrum of masterpieces from Europe, Asia and the Islamic world (see a list of rooms at [http://www.baroda-online.com/SightSeeing/PicGallery.html] .
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad founded the museum in 1887. The museum building was completed in 1894, when it opened to the public. Construction of the art gallery commenced in 1908, was completed in 1914, but did not open until 1921 as the First World War delayed transfer of pieces from Europe intended for the gallery.
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