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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,
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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
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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
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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 civilization 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
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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
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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
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The Nizam's Museum, Hyderabad
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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
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Victoria Jubilee Museum, Vijayawada
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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
Photography: Not
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