Know Your Bombay: RBI Monetary Museum and Snow World

  RBI Monetary Museum

Located at Fort, Mumbai, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Museum was inaugurated by former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in 2004 and aims at depicting the evolution of money in the Indian subcontinent, right from the ancient days of barter system to the present era of plastic money. There are various galleries in the museum where coins, paper money and other monetary artefacts are preserved, that range from 6th century BC to present day. Visitors can witness important anecdotes, bank seals and can buy souvenirs like posters on currency and coins, greeting cards and postcards.

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Snow World

First of its kind in Mumbai, Snow World, located in Kurla’s Pheonix Market City, give you a chance to experience a hill-station like ambience where temperature drops to below 10 degrees and real snow drizzles around you! The area also provides a number of sports and adventurous activities including snow sledding, ice sliding, ice-skating, snow falling, skiing/snowboarding, snow war game and snow dance. You can get items like ice-skating shoes, snowboards and parka jackets from the counters present outside.

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