Sir Cowasji Jehangir Public Hall is a museum of modern art and was part of the Institute of Science prior to 1996.

The hall was built in 1911 by George Wittet and funded by Cowasji Jehangir.

However, in the later period, new auditoriums were built in Mumbai, which fact made this Hall unsought for, at one point of time this venue came under the threat of different kinds of uses, making art lovers upset.

It is at that time that National Art Gallery came in the picture to make it a functional museum.

In 1996, the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai was set up in the building.