|
Museums
in Delhi
National
Museum-
it is
one of
India's
most
prestigious
institution.
The
Indus
valley
gallery
displays
many
antiquities
excavated
from
Mohenjodaro
and
Harappa,
like
terracotta
toys,
images,
and
pots,
jewellery,
bronze
and
copper
implements
and
sculputures.
The most
outstanding
object
here is
the
lyrical
bronze
Dancing
Girl.
National
Museum
of
Natural
History-
A
prehistoric
animal
greets
the
visitor
to the
National
Museum
of
Natural
History
preparing
him for
the
collection
of
botanical,
zoological
and
geological
objects
on view
within.
Archaeological
Museum-
Situated
in the
historic
Red
Fort,
the
museum
exhibits
object
of the
Mughal
period
such as
manuscripts
and
firmans,
that
demonstrate
the fine
art of
calligraphy,
painting,
textiles
and
costumes.
National
Rail
Museum-
The
museum
depicts
130
years of
evolution
and
development
of the
Indian
Railways.
Craft
Museum-
The
Craft
museum
complex
is a
charming
oasis of
mud huts
with
painted
walls
and
thatched
roofs,
courtyards,
terracotta
houses
recreating
village
life.
Shankar's
International
Dolls
Museum-
The
International
Dolls
Museum
is a
museum
devoted
to a
display
of dolls
from all
over
India
and
abroad.
Museums
in
Mumbai
Bombay
Natural
History
Society-
The
exhibits
include
replicas
and
specimens
of
vertebrates
and
insects,
mammals,
birds,
reptiles,
amphibians
and
fishes,
all from
the
Indian
subcontinent.
Prince
of Wales
Museum-
The
Prince
of Wales
Museum
was
designed
and
built to
represent
the
ancient
and
medieval
architectural
styles
of
Western
India.
The art
section
at the
museum
has a
collection
of
Indian
Paintings
representing
its
different
styles
and
phases.
Museums
in
Calcutta
Indian
Museum-
Indian
museum
is
India's
first
and
oldest
museum,
constructed
in the
2nd
century
BC,
during
the
Sunga
period.
India's
best
collection
of
Gandhara
sculptures
is here
with a
large
number
of
Buddhist
relics
from the
Mahayana
period.
Central
Museum-
This is
specifically
ethnographic
museum
and has
on view
objects
and
specimens
related
to the
different
tribal
and
other
communities
of
India.
Ashutosh
Museum
of
Indian
Art-
It has
interesting
collections
of
patachitras,
or
painted
scrolls
from
Bengal,
playing
cards,
palm
leaf
manuscripts,
ritual
objects,
toys and
dolls
alongwith
the
sculptures
from
Pala and
Sena
periods
with its
distinctive
blend of
Hindu
and
Buddhist
styles.
Victoria
Memorial
Museum-
The
impressive
Victoria
Memorial
houses a
collection
of the
British
colonial
period.
There
are
numerous
oil
paintings
in the
Royal
gallery,
illustrating
episodes
from
Queen
Victoria's
long,
eventful
life and
reign.
Museums
in
Chennai
Government
State
Museum-
This
museum
is
famous
for two
important
collections-
sculptures
from
Amaravati
and its
famed
Bronze
Gallery.
The
Amaravati
collection
has
panels,
pillars,
carved
railings
and
Buddha
statues
of milky
white
marble
from a
Buddhist
stupa
excavated
at
Amaravati,
Andra
Pradesh.
Fort
St.
George
Museum-
The
museum
displays
collection
of
portraits
and
paintings
of
former
governors
of
Chennai
as well
as of
English
royalty.
Museums
in
Jaipur
Central
Museum
(Albert
Hall)-
Situated
in the
midest
of
Ramnivas
gardens,
it is an
imposing
stone
structure
executed
in the
Indo-Persian
style of
architecture.
The
museum
has a
wide
collection
of
miniatures
from the
Bundi,
Kota,
Kishangarh,
Udaipur
and
Jaipur
school
of
painting
and
ceremonial
robes
worn by
kings
and
queens
.Maharaja
Sawai
Man
Singh II
Museum-
Situated
in the
Chandra
Mahal
Palace,
the
museum
displays
the
ancestral
collections
of
former
maharajas-
paintings,
manuscripts,
maps,
carpets,
textiles,
costumes,
weapons
and
decorative
art
objects
depicting
courtly
life in
Jaipur
state
between
the 16th
and 19th
century.
Museums
in
Lucknow
State
Museum-
A
multipurpose
museum
with
sculptures,
bronzes,
paintings,
natural
history
and
anthropological
specimens,
coins,
textiles
and
decorative
arts.
Rare
stone
sculptures
include
the
earliest
image of
Balarama
and a
panchmukhi
shivalinga
and a
statue
of
Saraswati.
Museums
in
Varanasi
Bharat
Kala
Bhavan-
Bharat
Kala
Bhavan
lies
within
the
sprawling
grounds
of
Benaras
Hindu
University.
The
sulptures
collection
includes
terracotta
and clay
objects,
stone
and
bronze
and cast
metal
objects.
Museums
in
Sarnath
Archaeological
Museum
Sarnath-
where
the
Buddha
delivered
his
first
sermon
more
than
2500
years
ago, has
a site
museum
whose
prize
exhibit
is the
enormous
lion
capital
(2.31
m).
Among
the most
outstanding
is the
Gupta
period
Buddha
with
hand
raised
in
Abhaya
or
protection.
Museums
in
Shimla
Himachal
State
Museum-
The
Himachal
State
Museum
displays
sculptures,
paintings,
decorative,
arts,
jewellery,
wood
carvings,
manuscripts,
arms and
armoury.
Also on
view are
Stone
Age
tools
and
implements,
prehistoric
pottery
and
terracotta.
Museums
in
Srinagar
Sri
Pratap
Singh
Museum-
The
summer
palace
of the
Kashmir
Maharajas
became a
museum
in 1898.
The
nucleus
of the
collection
based on
objects
from the
Jammu
and
Kashmir
'toshakhanna'
which
includes
shawls,
paintings,
arms,
silver
images,
copper
and
brass
utensils
and
Ladakhi
handicrafts.
Museums
in
Bhopal
Central
Museum-
Established
in 1949,
this
museum
has
collection
of
paintings,
coins,
porcelain
objects,
metal
and
ivory
toys and
artefacts,
woodcarvings
and a
number
of
miscellaneous
items
like
needle-work
and
local
handicrafts.
State
Museum-
As a
museum
devoted
to
archaeology,
the
State
Museum
exhibits
antiquities
like
coins,
sculptures,
terracotta
excavated
from all
the
significant
sites of
the
region.
Bharat
Bhavan-
Built
and
designed
by the
well
known
architect
Charles
Correa,
the
complex
is set
in a
number
of low
buildings
set
around
the
banks of
the
lake.
Here in
one
compound
are the
Rang
Mandal,
the
theatre
repertory;
Anhad,
the hall
for
classical
music;
Vagarth,
the
poetry
library;
Bahirrang,
the open
air
auditorium;
and
Roopankar,
the
museum
of art.
Museums
in
Gwalior
H H
Maharaja
Jiwaji
Rao
Scindia
Museum-
Situated
in the
Jai
Vilas
Palace,
the
Scindia
Museum
has a
variety
of
objects
ranging
from
sculptures,
bronzes,
weapons,
miniature
paintings,
manuscripts
and
coins.
Museums
in
Sanchi
Archaeological
Museum-
Like
most
site
museums
in
India,
this one
also
owes its
genesis
to an
English
General
accidentally
stumbling
upon
some
ancient
ruins
around
1818.
Sculptures
found
here
include
statues
of the
Buddha,
several
bodhisattvas
and
early
Hindu
period
statues
of
Ganesh.
There is
a lion
capital
of an
Ashoka
pillar
very
similar
to the
one
found at
Sarnath.
Museums
in
Khajuraho
Archaeological
Museum-
Archaeological
Museum
was
earlier
called
the
Jardine
Museum.
Most of
the 2000
objects
are
masterpieces
of
Indian
sculpture.
The
Nritta
Ganesha,
a
colossal
image
depicts
the
elephant-
headed
god
dancing
while
his
attendents
keep
rhythem;
a
marvellous
Hari-Hara
representing
the
deity
whose
right
half is
Shiva
and left
Vishnu
manifests
the
perfectly
conceived
unity of
the two
gods.
Museums
in Patna
State
Museum-
The
State
Museum,
established
in 1917,
has an
excellent
collection
of stone
and
terracotta
sculptures
especially
from the
Mauryan
period.
Museums
in Gaya
Gaya
Museum-
Gaya,
206 km
from
Patna,
is an
ancient
Hindu
and
Buddhist
pilgrimage
site. On
view are
ancient
sculptures,
bronzes
and
terracotta.
There is
a
section
on
numismatics,
the
decorative
arts,
paintings,
manuscripts,
arms and
armoury,
geology
and
natural
history.
Museums
in
Nalada
Archaeological
Museum-
Ninety
km south
of Patna
lies
Nalanda,
the
historic
Buddhist
university.
It is
believed
that the
Buddha
preached
here and
the
Mauryan
emperor
Ashoka
built
the
famous
monastery.
The
excavated
ruins
are
spectacular,
with
chapels,
monasteries
and
lecture
halls
symmetrically
spread
over a
large
area.
Museums
in
Ahmedabad
Calico
Museum
of
Textiles-
Established
in 1948,
the
Calico
Museum
of
Textiles
is
undoubtedly
one of
India's
leading
museums
for
textiles.
Its
superb
collection
of
textiles
is
further
enhanced
by a
fine
collection
of
pichhwais
and
patachitras
(painting
on
cloth).
Utensils
Museum-
The
museum
is
devoted
to
Indian
utensils.
Collected
from all
over
India,
the
endeavour
is to
demonstrate
the
purity
of form
and
shape in
these
objects
of
utility.
Each
object
is
beautifully
conceived
and
created
to prove
that
beauty
also lay
in the
simple
objects
of
everyday
u
Museums
in
Bhubaneshwar
Orissa
State
Museum-
The
galleries
cover
archaeology,
epigraphy,
numismatics,
armoury,
mining
and
geology,
paintings,
anthropology
and
manuscripts.
Museums
in
Konark
Archaeological
Museum-
The site
museum
was
established
at
konark
in 1968.
On view
are
pieces
of
sculpture
retrieved
from the
Sun
Temple.
The
fragments,
some
small,
some
large,
follow
the
architectural
and
artistic
patterns
of the
temple
and
depict
aspects
of the
religious,
social
and
economic
life of
the
people
of
Orissa
during
the 13th
century.
Museums
in
Bangalore
Karnataka
Government
Museum
and
Venkatappa
Art
Gallery-
Established
in 1865,
the
museum
houses
sculptures
from the
Hoysala,
Gandhara,
etc
periods.
Also on
view are
antiquities
from
Mohenjodaro
and
terracotta
from
Mathura.
The
painting
section
includes
miniature
paintings
from the
Rajasthani
and
Pahari
schools.
Museums
in
Srirangapatna
Tipu
Sultan
Museum-
Tipu
Sultan
Museum
lies
within
the
portals
of the
Dariya
Daulat (splendour
of sea).
The
museum
displays
sketches
of Tipu,
his
father
Haider
Ali, his
sons,
his
forts,
Srirangapatna
from
different
angles.
The
murals
on the
outer
walls
depict
scenes
from
Tipu's
wars
while
the
interior
walls
are
ornately
painted
with
abstract
designs
and
floral
motifs.
Museums
in
Hyderabad
Salar
Jung
Museum -
The
Salar
Jung
Museum
houses
the
private
collections
of Salar
Jung,
the
Nizams
of
Hyderabad's
prime
minister.
The
museum
has fine
collections
of jade,
metalware,
textiles
and
weapons
which
provide
a
glimpse
into the
post
Mughal
court
life and
are
suggestive
of the
grandeur
and
wealth
of
rulers
in days
gone by.
State
Museum-
The
State
museum
is
housed
in a
building
converted
from one
of the
Nizam's
mansions.
On the
ground
floor
are
bronzes,
weaponry
and
Stone
Age
implements.
The
interesting
objects
are a
life-size
lizard,
a mother
and
child
dating
to the
2nd
century
BC,
three
enormous
temple
bells
etc.
Museums
in
Thiruvanthapuram
Government
Museum-
Founded
in 1857,
the
museum
is
located
within a
spacious
park and
zoological
garden.
The art
collection
covers
aspects
of
Kerala's
rich
heritage,
especially
stone,
wood and
bronze
sculptures.
Museums
in
Pondicherry
Pondicherry
museum-
This
multipurpose
museum
houses
sculptures
from
Pallava,
Chola
and
Vijayanagara
temples.
There
are
Buddha
images
from
Pondicherry/
Kirmampakkam
and
bronzes
from the
Chola,
Vijayanagara
and
Nayaka
periods,
arms and
weapons.
Museums
in
Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Art
Gallery-
The
former
palace
of the
Nayaks
of
Thanjavur,
once
viceroys
of the
Vijayanagara
rulers
and
later
hereditary
rulers,
is a
wonderful
and
extravagant
piece of
architecture,
built in
1600.
The huge
enclosed
compound
encompasses
a
complex
which
includes
the Art
Gallery,
the
Saraswati
Library
and the
Sangeetha
Sabha or
Music
Hall.
Museums
in
Madurai
Government
Museum-
The
various
section
in the
museum
deal
with
archaeology,
anthropology,
zoology,
numismatology,
botany
and
geology.
The
museum
has fine
collection
of
bronzes
which
are not
allowed
to be
photographed.
Museums
in
Imphal
Manipur
State
Museum-
Manipur
State
museum
established
in 1969,
exhibits
objects
pertaining
to the
art and
archaeology
of the
region
Museums
in
Shillong
Tribal
Research
Institute-
The
displayed
exhibits
include
the
colourful
textiles,
especially
the
shawls
and
garments
worn by
the
local
people,
wooden
and bone
images,
totems
and
masks,
weapons
and
utilitarian
implements,
baskets
and
jewellery.
Museums
in
Aizawl
Mizoram
State
Museum-
On view
are
historic
relics,
ancient
costumes
and
headgears
as well
as
contemporary
textiles,
especially
the
brightly
coloured
shawls
woven
with
symbolic
motifs.
Museums
in
Guwahati
Assam
State
Museum-
Assam
State
Museum
in
Guwahati
is a
rich
repository
of
antiquities
that
highlight
the
diversity
of the
state's
cultural
traditions.
On view
are a
large
number
of stone
sculptures,
metal,
wood and
terracotta
objects,
textiles,
coins,
manuscripts
and
tribal
artefacts.
Museums
in
Kohima
State
Museum-
The
State
museum
at
Kohima
is
purely
ethnographic
in
nature.
On view
are
baskets,
colourful
woven
textiles,
some
decorated
with
designs
made up
of
cowrie
shells,
bone,
ivory
and bead
jewellery,
headgears,
wooden
sculptures
and
death
masks.
|
