Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History (CSMMIH) is a private historical museum founded by François Gautier in 2012 under the banner of his not-for-profit organization, the Foundation For Advancement of Cultural Ties (FACT). The first phase the museum was inaugurated by Ravi Shankar and endorsed by Ajit Pawar and Nitin Gadkari. In addition to various exhibits the museum also has a freely accessible digital library on their website that has hundreds of books on Indian history and culture.
Layout.
The museum complex has nine buildings, each housing a unique exhibition. Among them are displays regarding Aurangzeb, based on his own firmans, and on Maharana Pratap, the only Rajput to fight the Mughals and win. The museum complex also has one of the two temples in India dedicated to Bharat Mata (Mother India).
The museum houses a series of exhibitions, for example, a miniature painting exhibition on the life of Shivaji, a 17th-century Indian king; an exhibition on Hindu tolerance throughout the ages; and another exhibition that "scientifically refutes the Aryan invasion theory".
In July 2013, the 14th Dalai Lama inaugurated a Tibetan pavilion showcasing an exhibition of text and pictures on the travails of people from Tibet over the last 60 years. An open exhibition on Dara Shikoh, was also inaugurated by Uddhav Thackeray.
The museum is open daily with free entrance. It gets about 100 visitors a day. The future museum is proposed to cost about 10 crore rupees spread across an area of 100,000 square feet and will house 70 exhibitions with state of the art research and archival facilities. It will be in the shape of Swastika, an auspicious symbol in many Indic religions. It is scheduled to open in 2018.
Videos and documentaries produced by the museum.
The museum has produced the following videos and documentaries: