Explore the historic potential of photographic collections as creators of new and diverse knowledge during the exhibition walkthrough of Histories in the Making: Photographing Indian Monuments, 1855-1920 with curator Dr. Sudeshna Guha as she delves into different types of historical objects created within the Indian subcontinent, through photographic technology, such as paper and glass negatives, silver and albumin prints, stereographs, cartes-de-visite, and cabinet cards, dating from 1855.

Histories in the Making: Photographing Indian Monuments, 1855-1920 builds upon the nineteenth-century photography of Indian monuments to foreground photography's powerful role in shaping our understanding of India's history. Curated by Dr. Sudeshna Guha, it draws attention to the connected histories of photography and field surveys of ancient India, to highlight the overlapping domains of colonialism, science and scholarship.