Zapurza Museum of Art & Culture

Zapurza -The museum of art and culture, is a space dedicated to art and creativity,located 25 kilometers from Pune, it opened its door for public in May 2022. The museum was inaugrated by legendary flautist pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. The museum depicts an extensive collection of family heirloom of Maharashtra coupled with great collection of Indian painters and historic artifacts. Apart from this museum hosts several activities for all ages and provide opportunities to upcoming artists. "See to learn & learn to see “ awareness –appreciation-promotion of art & culture is the sole purpose" of the museum.

History of the Museum

The museum displays the collection of Ajit Gadgil, accumulated over the period of 25 years. He is the sixth generation of a family of jewellers from Pune and when people came to pawn of their family heirloom, he admired the craftsmanship and knew how invaluable the pieces are, he did not have the heart to melts them, hence he started collecting the interesting pieces. Apart from the jewelry, people also brought paithani sarees with real gold jari, the process to attract the gold from the jari included burning the sari, however, Gadil never burnt these sarees and added it to his collection. Thus, Gadgil started his journey of collection sculptures, paintings, artefacts, textiles, lamps, prints and silverware. He has collected around 1500 objects and only 30-35 percent can be displayed at time, museum rotates its collection, so, all the pieces could be displayed.

Architecture

The concept behind the museum was to display the tradition and culture of Maharashtra