Baroda Museum plans website

So far as the website is concerned, the museum would not be able to post all information about its 60,000 exhibits at once, Sadasivan said, 8220;We have 16 galleries, covering items dating back to ancient times to as late as the 19th century. But we8217;ll focus on paintings of Egyptian, Roman, Dutch, Greek, European and Indian origin. We have some 250-odd paintings that deserve to be known all over the world.8221;

Besides, there is a 73-foot-long whale skeleton, a very rare exhibit, an scientific display covering the whole range, from unicellular species to human beings, and the 2500-year-old Egyptian mummy, one of the seven in the country, details of which would be posted on the Net, he said.

They were also planning to computerise the ticketing system, the curator added.