Sangeeta
and Ratnesh Mathur have lived and
worked in many cities in Asia and Europe. They began building a personal
collection of Indian comics, books, maps, stamps, travel and film posters,
music CDs and international film DVDs in the initial years of their travels. In
2003 they relocated to the Czech Republic, and after visiting central Europes
museums and antique shops, and regularly attending hobby club meetings, they
began expanding their collection with a specific aim of creating a museum back
in India. They added Indian picture postcards, lithographs, antiques in glass
and porcelain, coins, princely state insignia and weapons, etc. In this
endeavour, their focus, however, remained on the visual history of India and
its towns.
