state museums and description of important museum (National, Government and state museums)

2.  A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves)
a collection of artifacts and other objects of
scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and
makes them available for public viewing through
exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.
 Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal (at the present building of the Asiatic Society, 1
Park Street, Kolkata). Indian Museum is the earliest and
the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian
subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the
world.

3.  Archaeological Museum
 Art Museums and Gallaries
 Architecture Museum
 Food Museum
 Medical Museum
 National Museum
 Numismatic Museum
 Railway Museum
 Science Museum etc.

4. Museums in Jammu and Kashmir
• It is a red sand stone monument,
surrounded by beautiful Shivaliks and Tawi
River.
• It was the residential palace of Raja Amar
Singh but now the palace has been
converted into a museum.
• The museum has a hexagonal room housing
a magnificent golden throne, with a 120 kg
pure gold sofa, embedded with golden lions.
• Other attractions of the museum include a
gallery displaying paintings known as Nal
Damyanti along with other Pahari paintings
and family portraits of rulers of Jammu and
Kashmir.
• The Museum also boasts of a library having a
collection of around 25000 books.
Amar Mahal
Palace Museum
(Jammu)

5.  The Museum is situated in the Pink
Hall of Mubarak Mandi complex.
 Jammu and Kangra schools of
paintings form the rich collection of
the museum.
 Another attraction of the museum is a
gold plated bow and arrow belonging
to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
 The museum also has on display an
array of carpentry tools, hand written
manuscripts of Shahnama and
Sikendernama (written in Persian) and
a Takri script inscribed stone plate.
Dogra Art
Museum
(Jammu)

6.  Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala
 Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi

 Library of Tibetan Works Archives, Dharamsala
• The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) is a Tibetan library . The library
was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on June 11, 1970 and is
considered one of the most important libraries and institutions of Tibetan works in
the world.
 The library contains sources which were relocated from Tibet during the 1959
escape, including important Tibetan Buddhist manuscripts and archives related the
Tibets history, politics, culture and even art.
 It possesses more than 80,000 manuscripts, books and documents, over
600 thangkas and statues and other artifacts of Buddhist heritage, 6,000
photographs, and many other materials.

7.  The primary objective of the library is to provide a
comprehensive cultural resource of the highest standard and
to promote an environment to facilitate research and to
exchange of knowledge.
 The third floor of the library contains a museum (opened in
1974) containing notable artifacts such as a three-dimensional
carved wooden mandala of Avalokiteshvara.

8.  Virasat-e-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib.
 Sanghol Museum, Sanghol.
 Archaelogical museum, Rupnagar
 Sikh Ajaibghar, Balongli.
 Central Sikh Museum, inside
Harmindar Sahib complex,
Amristar.
 Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum,
Amritsar.
 Angol Sikh War Memorial,
Ferozeshah
 Hoshiarpur Archaeological
Museum in Vishvesvaranand
 Shahed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh
Museum , Khatkar Kalan
 Rural Museum, Punjab
Agricultural University.
 Qila Mubarak Patiala, Museum of
Armoury & Chaneliers
 Art Gallery at Sheesh Mahal
 Sports Museum, Netaji
Subhash National Institute of
Sports, Patiala.
 Guru Teg Bahadur Museum, Shri
Anandpur Sahib.
 Maharaja Ranjit Singh War
Museum, Ludhiana.
 Vishva Bandhu Institute of
Sanskrit and Indological
Studies(Sadhu Ashram),
Hoshiarpur

9.  Virasat-e-Khalsa is a museum located in Anandpur Sahib.
 After thirteen years of construction it was inaugurated on
November 25, 2011and opened to the public on November
27, 2011
 The museum gives an insight to the events that took place
in Punjab ( five hundred years ago) that gave birth to the
Sikhism and finally the Khalsa Panth.
 The museum aims to illuminate the vision of the Gurus, their
message of peace and brotherhood and the culture and
heritage of Punjab.[
 The museum is intended to commemorate 500 years of Sikh
history and the 300th anniversary of the Khalsa, the scriptures
written by the 10th and last living Guru of Sikhism, Guru
Gobind Singh Ji.

11.  Netaji Subhas National Institute of
Sports is known as National Institute
of Sports(NIS)
 It is the Academic Wing of the Sports
Authority of India (SAI) and Asia's
largest Sports Institute.
 Founded in 1961.
 In January 1973, the Institute was
renamed as Netaji Subhas National
Institute of Sports over 268 acres.
 NIS is housed in the Old Moti Bagh
Palace of the royal family of Patiala
State, which was purchased
by Government of India after
Independence of India.
National Institute of
Sports (Patiala)

12.  The Archaeological Museum is situated
about 40 kms north east of Chandigarh on
the Rupnagar .
 It was opened to public in the year 1998.
 The museum houses the archaeological
remains of excavated site near Ropar, the
first Harappan site excavated in
Independent India.
 The excavation revealed a cultural sequence
from Harappan to medieval times.
 Important exhibits include antiquities of
Harappan times, Painted Grey ware culture,
Saka, Kushana, Gupta times such as Vina
Vadini (lady playing on vina), copper and
bronze implements, ring stone, yakshi
image, gold coins of Chandragupta.
Archaelogical
Museum, Rupnagar

13.  Jaigarh Fort museum ,jaipur
 Pilani Birla Museum
 Ajmer Government Museum
 Alwar Government Museum
 Amer (Jaipur) Archaeological Museum
 Bairat Virat Nagar Museum
 Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur
 Bharatpur Covernaient Museum
 City Palace, Jaipur
 Fort Museum, Junagarh Fort, Bikaner
 Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum,
Bikaner
 Chittaurgarh - Fateh Prakash Palace
Museum
 Dungarpur Museum
 Jaipur - Albert Hall Museum
 Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
 Hawa Mahal Museum – Jaipur
 Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Ji
Museum, Jaipur
 Jaisalmer Folklore Museum
 Jaisalmer - Government Museum
 Jhalawar - Government Museum
 Jodhpur - Government Museum
 Jodhpur - Mehrangarh Fort Museum
 Jodhpur - Umaid Bhawan
Palace Museum
 Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute,
Jodhpur
 Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner

14. • It is one of the most spectacular forts on the
hill top and the museum is located in the Fort.
• Museum gives a splendours image of the
Rajputana and Mughal architecture and way of
their lives.
• It is one of the unique showcase of the
Rajasthani Culture and regime.
• One can see the royalness of Rajasthan in this
Museum.
• The museum consists of three halls :
 Hall of Warriors (meetings were held)
 Armoury Hall (showcases the Royal Armory -
the Sword, the Shields, the cannon balls, guns
and muskets)
 Painting Hall (paintings of the Royal family, the
war scenes, the paintings of dances and
festivals).
Jaigarh Fort
Museum
(Rajasthan)

15. • This museum is divided into three main sections:
 the Textile Gallary in Mubarak Mahal
 the Arms Gallary and
 the Art Gallery in the Diwan Khana.
• The most popular amongst the collection is the oversized
garment, the atam sukh of Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh.
• Few cabinets containing samples of glassware, hookah bases,
rose water sprinklers, bowls and cups.
• It contains Katar, a two-sided blade with a grip hanle,
weapons, shields, swords, spears, daggers, knives and other
beautiful but deadly instruments of aggression and
destruction.
• There are two large silver jars which are recorded in the
Guinness Book of Records as ‘the largest single pieces of silver
in the world’ (ht. 1.6mts. and circumference 4.5 mts. with a
capacity of 9000 lts).

16.  It has a representative collection of sculptures of
the region, paintings and manuscripts and a
number of articles belonging to the royal family
of Alwar, such as textiles, royal robes, turbans
and ceremonial gowns.
 Items from the palace, such as hookah stands,
fly whisks, pen holders, plates, boxes and
ornamental vases gives an eclectic tastes of 19th
century of Indian royalty.
 The museum has a large display of arms,
including ornamental and ceremonial shields
inlaid with gold and silver.
 Swords and the katar (dagger) with a variety of
different types of hilts - some worked with
metals, some ivory, even walrus bone, crystal
and jade inlaid with precious stones.
The Government
museum (alwar)

17. • It is inside the confines of the HAWA
MAHAL and built by Maharajah Sawai
Pratap Singh in 1799.
• It has a honeycomb structure just like the
Palace. It itself has the windows made for
the easy passage of air throughout the
year.
• Famously known as the Palace of Winds, it
has thousands of small windows.
• If you look from outside, from a distance,
it looks like a beehive.
• There are two gallaries :
• Armory Gallery : From swords to knives
and the war dress to the cutter are
displayed.
• Coin Gallery : As the kings came and went
by, they left their mark in the form of the
coins.
Hawa Mahal
Museum (Jaipur)

18. Museum of Uttarakhand
 The Forest Research Institute is an
oldest institute of the Indian Council of
Forestry Research and Education and is
a premier institution in the field
of forestry research in India.
 In 1991, it was declared a deemed
university by the University Grants
Commission.
 There are six sections in the museum:
 Pathology Museum
 Social Forestry Museum
 Silvi culture Museum
 Timber Museum
 Non-Wood Forest Products Museum
 Entomology Museum
The Forest Research
Institute (Dehradun)

19. Trunk of a 700+ Year Old Tree
in Museum Forest Products

20. Tree Cutting Tools Gun Sample

21.  National Archives Museum
 Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New
Delhi
 Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi
 Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, New
Delhi
 National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi
 Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi
 National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
 National Handicrafts and Handlooms
Museum, New Delhi
 National Museum, New Delhi
 National Museum of Natural History, New
Delhi
 National Rail Museum, New Delhi
 National Science Centre, Delhi
 Parliament Museum, New Delhi
 Sulabh International Museum of Toilets,
New Delhi
 Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi
 Sanskriti Kendra Museum, Delhi
 Shankar's International Dolls Museum,
Delhi
 National Rail Museum, New Delhi
 National Science Centre, Delhi
 Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New
Delhi
 Parliament Museum, New Delhi
 Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi
 Sanskriti Kendra Museum, Delhi
 Shankar's International Dolls Museum,
Delhi
 Sulabh International Museum of Toilets,
New Delhi.

22.  The National Museum is one of the largest museums in India.
 Established in 1949, it holds variety of articles ranging from pre-historic
era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of
Culture, Government of India.
 The museum is situated on the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road.
 The Museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign
origin, covering over 5,000 years.
 It represents almost all disciplines of art: Archaeology (Sculptures in Stone,
Bronze & Terracotta), Arms, Armour, Decorative
Arts, Jewellery, Manuscripts, Miniatures, Textiles, Numismatics, Epigraphy,
Central Asian Antiquities, Anthropology, Pre-Columbian American and
Western Art Collections.

23. Arms from Harappan
civilization
One of 11 skeletons found
from Rakhigarhi

24.  The NATIONAL ARCHIVES is an entity of the office of Department of Culture
under the ministry of Tourism and Culture. It is the depository of the old
records of Govt. of India.
 The documents kept here is for the use of the Administrators and the
scholars. But then it is also open for the Common man to see.
 Its a reflection of the past and it projects the country with all its
developments. All the different facets of the country are enclosed in the
premises of this museum.
 Situated in at the Rajpath and Janpath junction near the Indira Gandhi
National Center for Arts and Culture it stands in the heart of India - New Delhi.
 In the National Archives Gallery you can go through :
»Ain-i-Akbari
»Bhagwat Gita»Bengal Smoke Nuisance Bill
»Certificate of marriage
»Dictionary in Eight Languages
»Execution of Mangal Pandey
»Letter of Tipu Sultan

25.  This museum made in the honour of Nehruji, is a
reflection of the lifestyle and life of Jawahar Lal Nehru.
 It was the residence of the Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru but
now it has been converted into a Museum to keep alive
the memories of him. It is also known as Teen Murthi
House.
 In the Nehru Memorial Museum we can see:
»Gift Gallery : The royal Baggis (Chariots and Coaches in
colors of red and gold.
»Armoury Gallery : It has on its display the Sawai Jai
Singh pistol, Rekhla (miniature canon), Gunpowder
flasks, Howdahs (Elephant seat) and night polo ball.
There is quite a range of them.
»Manuscripts Art Gallery : There is a collection of rare
manuscripts. These are divided into two sections. The
individual correspondences and the institutional
records.
»Audio and Video clips : It also houses the memories of
Jawahar Lal Nehru in the form of his Audio and Video
Clippings which are the rare ones like Nehrus’
Childhood, his College Days, his budding days in Indian
Politics, his speech etc.
Nehru Memorial
Museum and
liabrary

26.  Government Museum, Mathura
 Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
 Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and
Sciences, Aligarh
 Kanpur Sangrahalaya, Kanpur
 Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden, Noida
 Sarnath Museum, Sarnath
 Swaraj Bhavan (old Anand Bhavan), Allahabad

27.  Government Museum, commonly referred
as Mathura museum is an archaeological
museum.
 The museum was founded in 1874.
 Initially it was known as Curzon Museum of
Archaeology, then Archaeology Museum,
Mathura, and finally changed to the
Government Museum, Mathura.
 The museum houses artifacts pottery,
sculptures, paintings, and coins primarily from
in and around Mathura, plus discoveries made
by colonial archaeologists like Alexander
Cunningham..
 The museum is famous for ancient sculptures of
the Mathura school dating from 3rd century BC
to 12th century AD., during Kushan Empire
and Gupta Empire.
 Today it is one of the leading museums of Uttar
Pradesh.
Government
Museum,
Mathura

28.  Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery, Vadodara
 Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad
 Watson Museum, Rajkot
 Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Ahmedabad
 Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad
 Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad
 Kaba Gandhi No Delo, Rajkot
 Kirti Mandir, Porbandar
 Kutch Museum, Bhuj
 Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum, Vadodara
 Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
 Sanskar Kendra, Ahmedabad
 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial, Ahmedabad
 Swaminarayan Museum, Ahmedabad

29.  This museum is located in Sayaji Bagh, a garden that is popular
with the inhabitants of Baroda (or Vadodara), who picnic and
stroll there.
 This museum was opened in 1921.
 The collection in the museum belongs to the former ruler of the
state, Maharaja Sayaji Roa III.
 During travel and spending holidays in abroad Maharaja Sayaji
collected paintings and sculptures as well as acquired many
Western habits and customs.
 There are galleries with displays of Asian Art from Burma, Sri
Lanka, Cambodia, China and Japan - bronzes, ivory and pottery,
and a painted gilt wooden statue of the Bodhisattva.

30.  It presents the Indian textiles, in the galleries.
 It was founded in 1949 and is the idea of Ms.
Gira Sarabhai who initiated the collection of rare,
exquisite fabrics from different parts of India.
 Textile can be broadly divided into those
fabricated from cotton, wool and silk. Indigenous
silk was produced by the tribes of the north-
eastern states like Assam, Bihar and Orissa
regions.
 The museum has some outstanding samples of
ikat from Gujarat, referred to there as patola, in
which both the warp and weft threads carry
‘colour coding’.
 Painting on cloth, called kalamkari (‘pen
work’), was another popular art.
 The Indian shawl, of great variety in weave and
design, was one item of male and female
costume that captured the imagination of the
artist.
The calico museum of
Textiles (Ahmedabad)

31.  Kutch Museum in Bhuj is the oldest museum
of Gujarat.
 The museum was initially formed as a part of the
School of Arts established by Maharao Khengarji III,
which was founded on 1 July 1877. The museum was
earlier known as Fergusson Museum.
 The museum has the largest existing collection
of Kshatrapa inscriptions, dating to the 1st century
AD.
 An interesting collection of coins, including the kori,
Kutch's local currency till 1948.
 This museum has almost 11 sectioions.
 There is also an excellent section which covers
classical and musical instruments like Nagfani,
Morchang etc. put on the display of the museum.
 A section of the museum is devoted to tribal cultures,
with many examples of ancient artifacts, folk arts and
crafts and information about tribal peoples.
The Kutch Museum
(Bhuj)

32.  On the ground floor of the museum, in the
centre room, ‘Airavat’ is displayed. ‘Airavat’ is a
carved, wooden, snow white Indian elephant
with seven tusks. ‘Airavat’ was prepared
in Mandvi, in the 18th century, in the worship
of Tirthankar. The rest of its body is painted
with flowers. The Indian Government issued a
postal stamp in 1978, depicting this ‘Airavat’,
under the postal series `Treasures of Museum'.

33.  Sabarmati Ashram (also known
as Gandhi Ashram, Harijan Ashram,
or Satyagraha Ashram) is located in the
Sabarmati, adjoining the Ashram Road, on
the banks of the river Sabarmati, four miles
from the town hall.
 This was one of the residence of Mahatma
Gandhi, who lived there for about twelve
years along with his wife, Kasturba Gandhi.
 Gandhi led the Dandi march also known as
the Salt Satyagraha on 12 March 1930. In
recognition of the significant influence that
this march had on the Indian independence
movement the Indian government has
established the ashram as a national
monument.
Sabarmati Ashram
(Ahemdabad)

34. Sabarmati Ashram in 1948 Statue of Mahatma
Gandhi at the ashram

35. Warli Art at Sabarmati Ashram
Back view of Mahatma
Gandhi's house

36.  The Watson Museum in Rajkot is
a museum of human history and culture.
 It has collections of precious objects of
colonial period of India and History of Rajkot.
 It is amongst the largest and most
comprehensive museum in State of Gujarat.
 The museum is set up in the Queen Victoria
memorial institute buildings located in
Jubilee Garden, Rajkot.
 The Watson Museum exhibits copies of
artifacts from Mohenjodaro, natural history,
13th century carvings, temple statues,
costumes and design of the houses of the
local tribal people. The Watson Museum also
houses an excellent collection of traditional,
archaeological items and coins.
Watson Museum,
Rajkot

37. • Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal
• State Museum,Bhopal
• Central Archaeological Museum, Gwalior
• Regional Centre, Bhopal
• Central Museum, Indore
• Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
• Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum, Dhubela
• Rani Durgawati Museum, Jabalpur

38.  The Bharat Bhawan, literally ‘Abode or Home of India’,
was conceived and established as a cultural complex in
the early 1980s.
 This museum-library, theatre and music centre has played
a vital role in the contemporary art scene, attracting
artists and performers from all over India and abroad.
 The museum specializes in two areas: contemporary art,
paintings and sculptures by various eminent Indian
artists, and tribal and regional art forms from the area of
Madhya Pradesh.
 Importance have been given to folk and tribal art,
bronzes, terracottas, toys and ritual objects.
 It regularly organizes special exhibitions, programmes and
‘happenings’ that may interest the visitor.

39.  The State Museum of Bhopal is the
best-designed museums in India.
 It was inaugurated in November 2005 .
 The museum has 16 different theme
galleries, showcasing the State's
sculptural masterpieces, pre-historic
articles and fossils, excavated objects,
epigraphs, manuscripts, paintings,
royal collection, textile, documents,
postal stamps, autographs, miniature
paintings, coins, arms and weapons,
articles associated with India's
freedom struggle.
 The rare coins displayed in
numismatics gallery reflect the stability
and prosperity of the rulers. The
earliest coins are the silver and copper
punch marked coins form 2nd century
B.C.
State Museum,
Bhopal

40.  Set up by Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia and it
was formally inaugurated in 1922.
 It is one of the finest museums in India, known
in particular for its collection of sculptures. In all
it houses around 6000 artifacts which are
displayed in its 28 galleries.
 The collection includes images, coins, pottery
and terracotta, paintings, inscriptions and
weapons. Dating from 2nd Cent. B.C. to 17th
Cent. A.D. These have been collected from
Gwalior, Bhind, Morena, Guna, Vidisha,
Shivpuri, Ujjain, Mandsaur districts and other
nearby areas.
 The collection of images includes the world
famous Shal-Bhanjika, Natraj, Ardhanarishwar,
and Trimurti (10th cent. A.D.)
 The inscription of Kumargupta (5th cent. A.D.) is
an important exhibit. The weapons collection of
the museum boasts of double barrel guns and
camel guns.
Central Archaeological
Museum, Gwalior

41.  Prince of Whales Museum, Mumbai
 Antarang – Sex Health Information Art
Gallery, Mumbai
 The Arts Trust – Institute of
Contemporary Indian Art, Mumbai
 Ballard Bunder Gatehouse, Mumbai
 Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
 Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar
 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu
Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
 Cowasji Jehangir Hall, Mumbai
 Darshan Museum, Pune
 Indian Institute for Research in
Numismatic Studies, Nasik
 Mani Bhavan, Mumbai
 Nagpur Central Museum
 Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
 Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune
 Raman Science Centre, Nagpur
 Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri
Math), Kolhapur
 Shree Chhatrapati Shahu
Museum, Kolhapur
 INS Vikrant (R11), Mumbai
 National Gallery of Modern
Art, Mumbai
 Mahatma Phule Museum, Pune
 Joshi's Museum of Miniature
Railway, Pune

42.  The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
(CSMVS), is known as Prince of Wales Museum of Western
India.
 It is the main museum in Mumbai. It was founded in the early
years of the 20th century by prominent citizens of Bombay,
with the help of the government.
 It is located in the heart of South Mumbai near the Gateway
of India. The museum was renamed in the 1990s or early
2000s after Shivaji, the founder of Maratha Empire.
 The museum building is built in the Indo-Saracenic style of
architecture, include the elements of other styles of
architecture like the Mughal, Maratha and Jain.

44.  The museum collection comprises
approximately 50,000 artefacts.The
collection of the museum is categorized
primarily into three sections: art,
archaeology and natural history.
 In 2008, the Museum installed two new
galleries, displaying the "Karl and
Meherbai Khandalavala collection" and
"the Coins of India".
 It also has a collection of European
paintings, Chinese and Japanese
porcelain, ivory and jade artefacts.The
museum also has sections dedicated to
arms and armour and another
to Nepali and Tibetan art.

45.  Tipu Sultan Museum, Srirangapatna
 Government Museum, Bangalore
 Kempegowda Museum, Bangalore
 Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological
Museum, Bangalore
 HAL heritage and Aerospace Museum,
Bangalore
 Karnataka Folk Museum, Bangalore
 Gandhi Bhavan
 Madras Sappers Museum & Archives,
Bangalore
 NIMHANS Brain Museum , Bangalore
 Law Museum, Bangalore
 Philatelic Museum, Bangalore
 Legends Motorcycle Museum, Bangalore
 Regional Museum of Natural History,
Mysore
 Folklore Museum, Mysore
 Jayachamarajendra Museum, Mysore
 Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore
 Government Museum, Rangaiahna Bagilu,
Chitradurga
 Government Museum, Shivappanayaka
Palace, Shimoga
 Government Museum, Hassan
 Government Museum, Madikeri
 Srimanthi Bai Memorial Government
Museum, Bijai
 Government Museum, Gadag
 K.R.C.M. Government Museum, Kittur
 Government Museum, Hoovina Hadagali
 Government Museum, Raichur
 Government Museum, Gulbarga
 Government Museum, Basavakalyana,
Bidar District
 Museum of Anatomy and Pathology

46.  It is in the memory of a remarkable
historical personality, ‘Tipu Sultan’.
 The museum consists of oil paintings, pencil
sketches, aquatints and engravings, coins
and medals, costumes, furniture, arms, etc.
 A portrait of Tipu Sultan depicts him
wearing a turban, a striped shirt. A
necklace, a girth belt and a stone-studded
cross belt to which is attached a sword. The
artist was G.F. Cherry who painted it in
1792.
 Coins of various denominations on view
include Double paisa, Half paisa, Quarter
paisa and One-eighth paisa issued by Tipu
Sultan from different mints at Bangalore,
Calicut, Chitaldurg, Dindigul, Gooty and
Srirangapatna. Medals of different metals
like silver, copper and bronze issued by the
English, commemorating their victory over
Tipu are also exhibited.
Tipu Sultan Museum,
Srirangapatna

47.  Goa Chitra Museum, Benaulim
 Goa Science Centre, Panaji
 Goa State Museum, Panaji
 Naval Aviation Museum (India), Vasco da Gama

48.  Goa State Museum is located in Panaji, which is the capital city of Goa.
 This new museum complex, located in the EDC Complex in Patto, was
inaugurated on June 18th, 1996. Prior to 1996, artifacts was set up in the
Department of Archives in Goa by the Archeology & Museum unit. Thereafter,
a small museum was opened to the public on September 29th, 1977 in a
rented building at St. Inez, also in Panaji.
 The museum currently has around 8,000 artifacts on display, which include
stone sculptures, wooden objects, carvings, bronzes, paintings, manuscripts,
rare coins, numismatic collection, and anthropological objects. It is well known
among other museums for its collection of Hindu and Jain artifacts and
sculptures.
 The Goa State Museum currently has fourteen galleries:
 Sculpture Gallery, Christian Art Gallery, Printing History Gallery, Banerji Art
Gallery, Religious Expression Gallery, Cultural Anthropology, Contemporary Art
Gallery, Numismatics Gallery, Goa’s Freedom Struggle Gallery, Menezes
Braganza Gallery, Furniture Gallery, Natural Heritage of Goa Gallery,
Environment & Development Gallery, Geology Gallery.

49. Plates used for printing on
newspapers and books
Sculpture at the entrance of
the gate

50. • The Government Museum,
Thiruvananthapuram
• Arakkal Museum, Ayikkara
 Teak Museum, Nilambur
 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police
Museum, Kollam
 Krishnapuram
Palace, Kayamkulam
 Indo-Portuguese Museum, Kochi
 Vallathol Museum, Thrissur
 Wayanad Heritage
Museum, Ambalavayal
 Mural Art Museum, Thrissur
 Archaeological Museum,
Thrissur, Thrissur
 Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda
Museum, Thrissur
 Indian Business Museum, Kozhikode
 Kerala Soil
Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
 Napier Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
 Pazhassi Raja Archaeological
Museum, Kozhikode
 Hill Palace, Thrippunithura

51.  This museum was founded in 1857. The area
around it has been laid out as a park and
zoological garden.
 The art gallery contains bronzes which shows the
marked style of Kerala as quite clearly distinct
from that of the bronzes of Tamil Nadu where,
under the Cholas, bronzes tended to be tall and
almost unnaturally slim.
 The Kerala bronzes of the same period are shorter
and stockier, with characteristic physical features –
squarish jaws and sharp eyes and nose; they also
tend to be more ornate, with heavy jewels and
elaborate clothin
 Vishnu Srinivasa (9th century, Kerala) is one of the
oldest pieces in this museum.
 Figures of Nataraja, various devis and other follow
in the same style, with observable jewellery and
other elegant details.
 The wooden chariots displayed in the museum are
richly carved with sculptures and decorative
design.
The Government
Museum,
Thiruvananthapuram

52.  Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai
 Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore
 Government Museum, Chennai (Largest in the state)
 Government Museum, Karur
 Government Museum, Cuddalore
 Government Museum, Pudukkottai (Second largest in the state)
 Mahakavi Bharathi Memorial Library, Erode
 Regional Railway Museum, Chennai
 Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur
 INS Vela (S40)
 Vivekanandar Illam, Chennai
 Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli
 Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli

53. • The Government Museum or Madras Museum is
a museum of human history and culture
located in Chennai.
• Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum
in India after the Indian Museum in Kolkata. It is
particularly rich in archaeological and
numismatic collections.
• The museum complex consisting of six buildings
and 46 galleries covers an area of around 16.25
acres (66,000 m²) of land.
• The objects displayed in the museum cover a
variety of artifacts and objects covering diverse
fields including archeology,
numismatics, zoology, natural history, sculptures,
palm-leaf manuscripts and Amravati paintings.
Government
Museum, Chennai

54.  Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
 Health Museum, Hyderabad
 AP State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad
 Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
 City Museum, Hyderabad
 Nizam Museum, Hyderabad

55.  State Archaeological Museum is constructed in
1920 .
 It includes a wide range of stone and metal
sculptures that have been collected from ancient
and medieval Andhra.
 There are five galleries and one pavilion at the
museum that includes a rare collection of Ajanta
and Deccani painting.
 The Egyptian mummy is as old as the Satavahana
period (second century BC). You also view the
Buddhist and Jain relics and sculpture of different
times and empires.
 The various galleries comprised in the museum are
 Buddist gallery
 Brahmanical & Jain gallery
 Arms & Armour gallery
 Numissmatics gallery
 Ajanta gallery
State Archaelogical
Museum, Hyderabad

56.  The Health Museum, Hyderabad is located near
Public Gardens.
 As we enter in the museum we can find the words of
Jawaharlal Nehru which are displayed at the entrance
of the museum. The words and the museum are 50
years old.
 It started in 1948 and since then there were no add-
ons, no deductions, no updating or divisions in the
museum.
 Museum still bears the same ancient look of the late
40s. The museum symbolizes the poverty, ignorance
and lack of dedication, commitment, progress and
improvement prevailing during that time.
 The two sections of the Health Museum in
Hyderabad include nutrition and health issues and
Motherhood and Childbirth.
 The first section deals with topics like nutrition,
health (school and industrial), TB, leprosy, anatomy,
cancer, malaria, immunization and such others. The
second hall of the museum is dedicated to
Motherhood and Childbirth.
 The museum includes a series of wooden boards that
comprises: Details about how to maintain and
improve health, Photographs of a variety of medical
discoverers, List of eminent visitors at the museum
Health Museum,
Hyderabad

57.  This is an art museum.
 It has a collection of sculptures, paintings,
carvings, textiles, manuscripts, metallic artefacts,
carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China,
Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe, and
North America. The museum's collection was
sourced from the property of the Salar Jung
family.
 A good number of Indian Miniature Paintings in
early style of Western India (14th and 15th
Centuries) representing Krishna Leela themes are
also form part of the Museum’s Collection.
 There are good number of Arabic and Persian
Manuscripts dated to 19th century and Shah-
nama by Furadausi are also among the valuable
collection of the Museum.
 A rare manuscript entitled ‘Lilawati’ on
mathematics and an ancient medical
encyclopedia transcribed in India is in the
collection.
The salar jung museum

58.  Established in 1917 and in 1930 it is
moved in a building which is
mixture of European, Mughal and
Rajput architectural styles.
 Excellent collection of stone and
terracotta sculpture of the
Mauryan and subsequent periods.
 Yakshi from Didarganj (2000 yrs.) is
the most important and significant
sculpture.
 Charming baked clay toy animals
and figurines of women, couples
and deities are prepared from
moulds are also displayed there.
The State Museum,
Patna

59. • The Asiatic Society
• Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
• Indian Museum
• Marble Palace
• Nehru Museum of Science and Technology
• Netaji Bhawan
• State Archaeological Gallery

60. • It was established in 1959. This museum is
managed by the National Council of Science
Museums.
 It is located at Gurusaday Road in Kolkata.
 Some of the important works, which are done by
this museum, are as follows:
 Show the growth of science and technology
 Gather, restore and preserve important historical
objects
 Expand and fabricate model exhibits
 Enhancement and spread of science education in
schools and colleges
 Prepare teachers in the use of scientific but low
cost teaching aids
 Provide aid to schools, colleges, universities and
technical institutions
 Take initiative to popularize science and technology
in urban and rural areas of the country.
Birla Industrial and
Technological Museum

61.  The Indian Museum is considered as the ninth
oldest regular museum of the world.
 This Museum in Kolkata was established in
1814 and was transferred to the present
building in 1878.
 There are about sixty galleries of Anthropology,
Geology, Art, Archaeology, Zoology and Botany
sections occupying over ten thousand square
feet area.
 The most interesting gallery of the Indian
Museum is the painting gallery which displays
the first painting illustrated on a palm-leaf
manuscript.
 Other collection of the miniature paintings
collected from various parts of India includes:
 Mughal miniatures
 Kangra-kalam paintings
 Kalighat patas (folk art of Bengal)
 It also cosists about fifty thousand books and
journals.
Indian Museum

62.  Assam State Museum, Guwahati
 Mayong Central Museum and Emporium, Mayong
 Shankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati

63.  The Assam State Museum is located in the southern end of Dighali
Pukhuri tank which is in the heart of Guwahati city,Assam.
 The Museum was established by the Kamarupa Anusandhan
Samiti (Assam Research Society) in 1940.
 In the year 1953, it was taken over by the State Govt.
 The sculptures from the Assam region fall into four principal
categories - stone, wood, metal and terracotta, Miscellaneous,
Natural History, Crafts, Anthropology & Folk Art & Arms section. The
collections which are on display here, are very rare.
 The library in Assam State Museum was established in 1985, is rich
in its stenographic collections. There are various periodicals, journals
and books relating to art, culture, mythology, biography,
encyclopedic works and even the Asiatic Society journals of the
country.

64. Manipur State Museum
This museum has a fairly good display of the
state’s heritage and a collection of portraits of
Manipur’s former rulers. Items of special
interests are costumes, arms and weapons,
relics and historical documents.
Sekta Archaeological Living
Museum
locally known as “Sekta Kei” and far from
16kms from Imphal . It is a place where
evidence of the practice of secondary burial
was discovered.

65. Museum of Arunachal Pradesh
 Jawaharlal Nehru Museum is the state museum
of Arunachal Pradesh, in Itanagar.
 Established in the 1980s, it showcases aspects
of tribal life .
 These include clothing, headdress, weapons,
handicraft, music instruments, jewellery and other
artifacts of daily use and culture, besides
archeological finds.
 The museum houses an extensive ethnographic
collection, including traditional art, musical
instruments, religious objects, and handicrafts, like
wood carving and cane products, while the first floor
has archaeological objects found in Ita Fort,
Noksparbat and Malinithan in West Siang district.
 Apart from its collection, the museum runs a
workshop for traditional cane products at its
Handicrafts Centre. The museum shop sells tribal
handicrafts.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Museum, Itanagar

66. Museum of Tripura
• The Ujjayanta Palace is a former royal palace of
the Tripura (princely state) and also served as
the meeting place of the Tripura Legislative
Assembly until 2011 and now a museum.
• It was constructed between 1899 and 1901 by
then Tripura king, Maharaja Radha Kishore
Manikya.
• The name Ujjayanta Palace was given by
Rabindranath Tagore.
• The museum showcases the lifestyle, arts,
culture, tradition and utility crafts, beside the
customs and practices of various communities
residing in northeast India.
Tripura State Museum,
Ujjayanta Palace,
Agartala

67. Don Bosco Museum
 Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures (DBCIC) is a unique venture of
the Salesians of Don Bosco in North East India to develop expert facilities
for the preservation and promotion of numerous beautiful and diverse
indigenous cultures of the region, of India in particular and in communion
with indigenous cultures anywhere in the world.
 At present DBCIC has several distinct operational areas:
 Exhibition of Cultural Artifacts: The Museum of Indigenous Cultures'
exhibition of cultural artifacts consists of the different galleries along with
excellent paintings depicting various aspects of the cultures of North East
India .
 Study and Research: DBCIC organizes study and research on themes
connected with the indigenous cultures of North East India. The presence
of a very large library adjacent to DBCIC with specialized volumes on the
North East and adequate facilities to render study and research satisfying.

68.  Culture Related Publications and Activities: Within a few years DBCIC has
brought out 12 publications and have organized several workshops, courses
and seminars.
 Knowledge-Sharing: Besides what is mentioned above about publication
and culture-related activities, visitors to the Don Bosco Museum can access
knowledge on indigenous cultures with the help of multimedia facilities
such as touch screens, plasma panels, computer presentations and
documentaries.