(1) The aims and objects of the Museum shall be-
(a) to serve as an educative institution for the general public, with a view to illustrating-
(i) the various branches of science, and in particular their application to industry, agriculture and commerce;
(ii) the history, the arts, the culture, and the social and economic development of Maharashtra, and the relation thereof to the rest of India and to other countries;
(b) to show by means of exhibits, machines, models, pictures and charts, the origin, development and modern practice of each branch of science and its application to industry, agriculture and commerce;
(c) to show, by means of exhibits, ancient monuments and relics, figures of deities, coins, instruments of war, instruments of music, vessels and utensils used in religious or social ceremonies, implements of local art and manufacture and such other related exhibits, the history, the arts, the culture, the standards and modes of living, the natural resources, industries, agriculture and social, economic and cultural developments of Maharashtra, supplemented with such other collections as are conducive to the understanding and interpretation of the material in the collections and, wherever necessary, by exhibits showing their relations to similar objects and articles from other parts of India;
(d) to maintain a library including cinematographic films, lantern slides and photographs;
(e) to arrange, hold and undertake lectures, demonstrations and tours, with a view to promoting interest in industrial development and in history, arts, culture, and social and economic development of Maharashtra;
(f) to organise and help in organising industrial and other exhibitions in respect of the matters enumerated in clauses (a) to (c) above;
(g) to organise and help in organising a commercial emporium;
(h) to popularise the products of industries and handicrafts of Maharashtra in particular and of India in general;
(i) to undertake and do all such works and to do all such things as may be necessary for, or conducive to, the attainment of any of the aforesaid aims and objects.
(2) The Museum shall have a separate Industrial Section, which shall be called "the Lord Reay Industrial Section".