South India Travel Tours

Museums

A.P.State Museum, Hyderabad

A visit to the Andhra Pradesh State Museum is a delight for art lovers. Located in the picturesque Public Gardens, the museum boasts of one of the richest repositories of antiques and art objects in the country. Built in 1928 by the Nizam VII, the museum building itself is a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture.

The museum contains a Buddhist gallery, Brahmanical & Jain gallery, Bronze gallery, Arms & Armour gallery, Numismatics gallery, Ajanta gallery and more. Adjacent to the State Museum is the Contemporary Art Museum.

Timings: 10:30am to 5pm
Close: Fridays
Photography: by permission
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Amaravati Museum, Amaravati

The collection includes the antiquities from other Buddhist sites in Andhra Pradesh belonging to the 3rd Century BC to about the 12th Century AD, a gold necklace from Gummadidurru, relic-caskets with bone-relics and gold flowers.

The exhibits in the Museum are arranged in different galleries.
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Bhagavan Mahavir Government Museum, Cuddapah

A museum of historical and archeological significance is the Bhagavan Mahavir Government Museum in Cuddapah. It is a treasure house of ancient stone sculptures, bronze icons and inscriptions dating back to several centuries. The Museum was established in 1982 with donations from a local Jain businessman and hence it was named after Mahavir.
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District Archeological Museum(Gupta gardens), Nizamabad

The District Archeological Museum houses number of artefacts and anthiquities representing the evolutions of human civilisation right from Paleolithic to Asafjahi times ( i.e., 16th AD ) .

The museum is broadly divided into 3 sections namely
A) Archeological Sections
B) Scuptural Gallery
C) Bronze and Decorative Gallery

Bidri ware, art arms, weapons and miniature paintings are also displayed.
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Kondapur

Kondapur was a very important Buddhist center of the Satavahana period(2ndCentury B.B - 2nd Century A.D) . Lead coins of the Satavahana kings were discovered here. The other findings at this place include a gold coin of the Roman Emperor Augustus (37BC - 14 AD) About a dozen silver coins, 50 lead coins, several beads, broken pieces of bangles of terracotta, shell, ivory, copper and glass embossed with designs. Iron implements and weapons such as sickles, forks, knives, spear heads, chisel and nails. Hollow figurines of kaolin made in moulds also have been found in considerable quantities. All the antiquities are on display in the local museum managed by the ASI.
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Nagarjuna Konda Museum, Nagarjunasagar

The finds of Nagarjuna valley are housed in a museum specially designed in the model of Buddhist Vihara. The museum presents relics from the excavations of all phases of Nagarjuna Konda from its inception. They represent the pre-historic, proto historic phases of the whole region.

A goog number of Buddhist antiquities including stone image of the Buddha, Panels carved with Jataka tales and insciptions are on display.
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The Nizam's Museum, Hyderabad

Located in the stately Purani Haveli, the palace acquired around the year 1750 by the second Nizam is now converted into a museum with a fascinating collection. The museum showcases the gifts and mementos presented to the last Nizam on the occasion of the silver jubilee celebrations in 1936. A 1930 Rolls Royce, Packard and a Mark V Jaguar are among the vintage cars displayed. There is an interesting collection of models made in silver of all the prominent buildings of the city and citations in Urdu about H.E.H. Mir Osman Ali Khan, gold burnished wooden throne used for the silver jubilee celebrations, gold tiffin box inlaid with diamonds, gold model of Jubilee Pavilion, silver coffee cups studded with diamonds and silver filigree elephant with mahout are some of the notable items on display.
The museum is open between 10.00 am and 5.00 pm on all days except Fridays.

2 Km from Charminar and 1 km from Salar Jung museum.
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Victoria Jubilee Museum, Vijayawada

The Museum of the Archaeological Department situated on Bandar Road contains beautiful sculptures and attractive paintings worth seeing. Mahishasura Mardhani, Siva as ehamdesa and Buddha images are some of the important exhibits. This two storied building preserves Arms, Armour manuscripts, Textiles, Stone cut writings, Gold and Silver coins which were used by them during their Kingship showing and boasting the beauty of Andhra Pradesh. An example of sculpture art, an idol of Lord Siva sculptured during 4th or 5th centuries can also be seen here.

Timings: 10:30am to 5pm
Closed: Fridays and Public holidays
Entry Fee: Free
Photography: Not Allowed



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