1938 , 131938 आव आवन्दनि राजा रुंसारि भावानराव पान्तप्रतिनिधिजों लुजानाय , दानिया बियो होदोरसा सोरखारजों जोथोनलाजायो आरो महारात्रआव मोन 13 होदोरसा बुथुमसालिफोरनि मादाव मोनसेल' बुथुमसालि जाय गंसे दालानन'आव लुजादों जायखौ आरिमु दिनथिफुंनायनि थाखाय लुनायजादोंमोन , आरो गंसे राजउलाफादाव नङा ।
Built by the Raja of Aundh late Bhawanrao Pantpratinidhi in 1938 it is now looked after by the state government and is the only museum out of the 13 state museums in Maharashtra which is housed in a building that was constructed for the purpose of displaying art and not in a palace .