The following museums are located in the city: Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sanhrahalaya, Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanhrahalaya, Nehru Science Museum, National Museum of Modern Art. Mumbai, often known as Bombay, is the state capital of Maharashtra in southwest India. It serves as the nation's main port on the Arabian Sea and its financial and commercial hub.

Mumbai, the most populous city in India and one of the biggest and densestly populated urban areas in the world, is situated on the coast of Maharashtra. Its name comes from the local goddess Mumba, who is a variation of Parvati, the consort of Shiva, one of the main Hindu deities, and whose temple previously located in what is now the southeast corner of the city. It was constructed on the site of an ancient community. During the British colonial era, it came to be known as Bombay; the name may have been an Anglicized corruption of Mumbai or Bom Baim ("Good Harbour"), a purportedly Portuguese name for the area. Although Bombay continued to be used often, the name Mumbai was formally reinstated in 1995. In the years that followed, Mumbai, long the epicenter of India's cotton textile industry, developed a highly diversified industrial sector with an expanding information technology (IT) component.

Mumbai serves as the nation's financial capital, and the city's commercial and financial institutions are both robust and strong. However, it experiences some of the common issues that plague many large, developing industrial cities, including as air and water pollution, pervasive inadequate housing, and overpopulation. On Bombay Island, a landmass that was once made up of seven islets off the Konkan coast of western India, the city of Mumbai is located on a peninsula. Bombay Island was created by connecting the islets by drainage and reclamation projects, causeways, and breakwaters beginning in the 17th century. Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour's protected waters are to the island's east. About one-fourth of Bombay Island is below sea level and is made up of a low-lying plain that is flanked on the east and west by two parallel ridges of low hills. Mumbai Harbour is shielded from the open sea by Colaba Point, a promontory created on the extreme south by the longer of the mountains.

Malabar Hill, one of Mumbai's highest points at 180 feet (55 meters) above sea level, is where the western ridge comes to an end. Back Bay is a narrow area of water that is located between Colaba Point and Malabar Hill. The Fort, the location of the 17th-century British fortifications (of which little is still intact), located on a slightly elevated strip of ground between the head of Back Bay and the harbor. The area is currently mostly occupied by public and commercial offices. The terrain extends northward to the middle plain from Back Bay. A sizable salt marsh is present in Mumbai's most northern area.....