In the State of Bihar, there are museums of different categories such as:
Director- Smt. Rachana Patil, I.A.S
Phone : (M) 0612-2217256
Email Id- directorateofmuseum@gmail.com
Regional Dy. Director, Museums, Bihar
Dr. Vinay Kumar
Phone: 9835416414.
Details of museums owned by the State Government is as follows:
Established in the year 1917, the Patna Museum is one of the best museums in India. With its presentation, Patna museum is committed to impart a scientific vision to understand the evolution of history, culture and art tradition of the land. As a repository of ancient Indian glory, Patna Museum is, however, truly the cultural pride of Bihar. Built in the Indo-Sarcenic style, the Patna Museum building was constructed in the year 1928 within its own land measuring 700x500 ft.
Patna Museum has thousands of exhibits of varied nature in its possession, which includes Pre & Proto – historic objects, stone sculptures, bronzes, terracottas, paintings – miniature and thanka paintings, coins, miscellaneous art-objects and so on. Besides, there are numerous very rare collections in the museum and one can not appreciate the Indian art history and cultural heritage of the land without going through the collections. Patna Museum has pride previlege of preserving the huly relic casket of Lord Buddha containing his ashes and other associated materials discovered during excavation of a stupa belonging to 6th Century B.C. at Vaishali.
The Patna Museum is a multipurpose museum. The collections of varied nature can be classified into several sections. Presently, there are altogether eleven classified sections.
The pre-historic objects include palaeuliths, micruliths and neuliths from different parts of Bihar, India and from foreign countries as well. The Paleulithic touls from Bariar (M.P.) and Lalitpur (U.P.) and also chellean and acheulean implements from Attirampakkam (Tamilnadu) are very important. Besides, there are some very fine neuliths from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and U.K. kept in the museum.
The Patna Museum possesses the biggest collection of copper hoards discovered from different parts of Jharkhand and Bihar, viz.: Palamu, Ranchi, Singhbhum, Hazaribagh, Munger, Dhanbad and Santhal-Pargana. They represent the casting technique and the high skill in the metallurgy of the period. The anthropomorphic copper object found from Dhanbad district is unique and very important.
The museum has the honour to preserve a few of the important finds from the classical Harappan sites like Mohenjedaro and Harrapa which include terracotta figurines, potteries, copper and bronze objects, seals-sealings and weights.
Amongst the stone sculptures a special mention must be made about the famous female ‘chawar Dharani figure of the Mauryan period, i.e. 3rd Cent B.C. Discovered at Didarganj (Patna), the magnificent statue is popularly known as Didarganj Yakshi. It is made of pink chunar sand stone and bears the typical Mauryan pulish. With a ‘Chawar’ in her right hand and slight forward inclined posture, the charming figure demonstrates a modest apparance and also reflects her humble submission toward the spectators. The highly lustured stone torso of a jain Tirthankar from Lohanipur (Patna) is the earliest example of Jaina art. The earliest Mauryan lion head from Masarh (Bhojpur) and the bull capital from Hajipur of Mauryan period are also worth to mention.
A bi-facial Shalabhanjika, carved on stone slab in high relief, is a fine specimen of craftsmanship of late Mauryan-early Sunga period. The figure is in her full youthfull posture, twisting the branch of tree with one of her hands.
Few beautiful sculptures of the Saaga period like Medallion from Bodh Gaya and Bihar, nut and couple figure from Patna City are also preserved in this museum.
The museum has a fairly good number of sculptures of the Gandhara and the Mathura art which is chronulogically synchronized with the age of Kushans. The Gandhar specimens also known as ‘Graeco-Buddhist Art’ are made of blue-schist of Swat valley and the collection includes figures of Buddha, Bodhisattavas and narrative panels as well. The panel depicting the birth scene of Siddhartha is undoubtedly important one among the narrative panels. There are also a few specimens of stucco figures. The sculptures of Mathura Schoul depict Buddha, Bodhisattavas, Hariti, Jatak scenes and so on. Amongst Kushana sculptures from Bihar, special reference may be made of the famous trio from Devangarh in the Nawada district. Having obvious regional variation, the trio consists of the figures of Ekanamsa, Balarama and Vasudeva. Unlike conventional one, images of Patna Museum trio are separately scolptured.
A female figure in stone from Sakarigalighat, Rajmahal is a fine example of classical Gupta art skill. Tilted as “shuka kridarat nari” the figure is shown feeding a bird. The scolpture depicts a sensuous and delicate beauty of womanhood. It virtually portrays a happy janapada life of the period. Among other stone images of the Gupta and the late Gupta period, the figures of Karitikeya, Agni, Ganesha from Mundeshwari (Kaimur) are worth mentioning. The bi-facial dancing figure of Kartikeya, belonging to post-Gupta period from Mahrawan (Nawadah), is unique as it is one of a few scolptres discovered so far from North-India which represent the dancing figures on the both sides of a wheel.
The Museum preserves a good number of sculptures of the Pala-Sena schoul of art dated in between 8th & 12th century A.D. These sculptures in general, are made of black basalt stone. The sculptures in this group are varied in nature and comprise Brahmnical, Buddhist, Jaina and several miscellaneous sculptures. Particolar mention may be made of a group of three images of Avalokitesvra, Maitreya and Buddha in bhumisparsh posture discovered from Vishnupur (Gaya). One fine example of the Pala craftsmanship may be seen in a spout ending gargoyle (makara mukha-pranal). Some beautiful door frames with the figures of Ganga and Yamuna are worth watching. There are also several other interesting sculptures discovered from different regions.
The Museum possesses the best collection of bronze, better known as astadhatu, images in India. These bronzes were discovered from Chausa (Buxar), Kurkihar (Gaya), Nalanda, Belwa (Saran), Aluara (Bokaro), Sonepur (Orissa) and Nagapattam (Tamilnadu).
The eighteen jain bronzes from Chausa are one of the most important collections of this Museum. These consist of Dharmachakra, Kalpavriksha and sixteen images of Jain Tirthankaras. These are the earliest known Jain bronzes in India and first known bronze hoard from Gangetic valley.
Patna Museum preserves a good number of bronzes from Nalanda. These depict the deities of all major religions; i.e. Buddhism, Jainism and Brahmanism prevalent at that period. The figures are dated from post Gupta to Pala period. The bronzes from Kurkihar numbering 163 are regarded as the best collection of bronzes from any part of India. The Kurkihar collection includes some of the very marvelous bronzes in India, such as figures of Buddha, Bodhisattavas, Tara, Balarama and so on. These art pieces represent the high quality of the metal art that flourished during the Pal period. A few of these images are plated with guld.
For the study of Jaina iconography, besides bronzes from Chausa, metal images from Aluara belonging to 11th-12th cent. A.D. are very important. Out of twenty nine, one depicts the Jain Ambika and rest the Jaina Tirthankaras.
The Museum also preserves a good number of bronzes discovered from Sonepur (Orissa), Negapattam (Tamilnadu) and Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).
The terracotta collection of the Museum is superb and famous world wide. Majority of these terracottas are from different parts of Bihar, such as Patna, Vaishali, Belwa, Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Chausa and so on. A good number of terracottas are brought from Mathura, Varanasi and Paharpur (Bangladesh) as well.
The terracotta figurines from Patna, mostly of the Maurya age, are of great importance. The three dancing damsels, the laughing boy and the smiling girl from the ancient city of Pataliputra are very rare and technically superb. Besides, there are numerous terracotta specimens which represent the artistic excellence of the period. Female terracotta heads from Buxar, belonging the Mauryan period, are highly elaborate in their head dress and coiffure. Terracottas from Vaishali, Bodh Gaya, Mathura are examples of local craftsmanship. The museum has some very good collection of Gupta terracottas from Kausambi. A beautiful plaque depicting Ramayan scene from Chausa is an example of excellent classical Gupta art. The large size plaques from Paharpur (Bangladesh) depict the technical skill of the Gupta-Pala period. There is a good collection of terracotta seals and sealings from Vaishali, Nalanda and Dharawat. The Patna Museum in its art repository has miniature paintings, thankas and numerous decorative and miscellaneous art objects. The collection consists of painting on paper of different schouls; such as – the Rajastahni, Mughal,Pahari, Delhi Schoul and Patna Qalam. These paintings range in date from the beginning of the 16th to the end of the 19th century A.D. The classical miniature paintings are varied in theme and they cover a broad spectrum of content. Mention may be made of the paintings related to the divine love of Radha & Krishna, scenes of Ramayana, asthanayika bheda, barahmasa, rag-ragini themes. Three illustrated manuscripts of Jain Uttaradhayayan Sutra on paper are also very important. The paintings of Delhi Schoul are both on paper and ivory.
The Patna Museum has in its possession a fairly good number of Patna Schoul or Patna Qalam paintings which flourished in the city of Patna itself for about two centuries right from 1760 A.D. to the early decades of 20th century. The paintings are painted on paper, mica and ivory. The Museum has pride privilege of having the collection of Tibetan scrull paintings on silk which were presented by Rahul Sankrityayan. These Thankas are dated from 17th to 19th century A.D. The Tibetan scrull paintings mainly depict Buddha, Bodhisattva, Lamas, different Tantrayani deities, Chakrasamvar and so on.
The Patna Museum has got a very good collection of coins which are quite representative of different periods and dynasties ranging from earliest punch marked coins to modern commemorative coins. There are a good number of guld coins of the Kushanas, Guptas and Mughal rulers in the coin cabinet of Patna Museum. The museum also preserves the gifts of late Dr. rajendra Prasad, the first President of Indian Republic, which he had received during the tenure of his Preseidency. Besides the above and so many undescribed ones, there are a few very rare collections housed in the museum. Two small guld repousse of caparisoned couchant Humped bulls from Vaishali are important for the study of metal art. A male standing figure with a turban on the head and hulding a chamar, discovered from Vaishali excavations, is an example of fine craftsmanship. A guld repousse from Sultanganj displays a female figure within an oval plaque. This piece of art can be dated to Gupta period. In the category of rare collection mention may also be made of a group of 23 stone discs from Murtaziganj (Patna). The intricacy of ivory engraving and exquisite finish of jewellery making technique represent the high aesthetic taste of the people of the Maurya-Sunga period.
Besides the historical and archaeulogical objects, Patna Museum has some other interesting exhibits : such as a 53 feet long fossilized tree of Pine family discovered near Asansul in 1927. The uld-arms like swords, daggers, shields, bagnakha, guns belonging to medieval period and cannon of First and Second World Wars create special interest in every visitor. Some stuffed wild life specimens, in which some are extinct, attract children and elders alike.
Details of officers in charge of the museum are as follows:
Collection Info
With the private collection of Sri Chandradhari Singh, a Zamindar of Madhubani, the state Government established a museum in the year 1957 at Darbhanga naming it Chandradhari Museum after the name of its donor. This museum has numerous artifacts and art-objects of different periods including terra-cottas, coins and paintings of artistic excellence. Besides art-objects made of metal, wood clay and ivory; the museum possesses different kinds of beads, uld arms and furnitures, specimens of precious stone, guld objects, jewellary, costumes and dresses, musical instruments and so on. The entire collection of the museum has been housed in its own building.
Details of officer in charge of the museum is as follows:
Dr. Shankar Suman
Assistant Curator , Additional Charge
Phone : 06272-222537 (O), 9798214909 (M).
The private collection belonging to Late Shri Baldeo Prasad of Gaya was taken over and declared as Gaya Museum by the Directorate of Archaeulogy & Museums., Govt. of Bihar in the year 1970. Presently, the museum is housed in its new building. In its new building, the museum is proposed to be developed as the Gaya Museum-cum-Magadh Cultural Centre with the view to collect, display and make available all the relevant information regarding living cultural heritage of the Magadh region under one roof. The Gaya museum has the privilege to have a very good collection of some very important art specimens of bygone days in its art repository. The museum preserves more than 3000 antiquities, art-pieces and objects of public interest. The rich collection of stone sculptures especially of Pal period is very important and it consists of some rare examples of artistic excellence of the period. In its possession, Gaya museum has also a good collection of coins of different period (from punch marked to medieval coins), manuscripts, terracotta figurines ranging right from Mauryan (3rd Cent B.C.) to Gupta period (4th – 5th Cent A.D.), Pal bronzes and other art-objects.
Dr. Arvind Mahajan
Assistant Curator
Phone : (M).
In the year 1974, with the initiative of the then District Magistrate of newly created district of Nawada Shri N. P. Singh, I.A.S. the Naradah Museum was established. Almost all the exhibits were collected and made over to the Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar by Shri Singh himself. Naradah Museum is a multi-purpose museum and the mention-worthy artifacts and art-objects include Pal stone sculptures, coins and manuscripts. Besides, contemporary painting, metal and stone art-pieces have also been preserved in the museum. The entire collection is housed in a magnificent building of its own.
Phone : 9431457349 (M).
There is one more govt. museum in the city of Darbhanga named Maharaja Lakshmishwar Singh Museum. The main collection of the museum comprises the donation made over to the Govt. of Bihar by the family of Darbhanga Raj in the year 1979. In the same premises, just beside the Chandradhari Museum, the collection of Maharaja Lakshmishwar Singh Museum is housed in its own building. The museum has got such priceless art-objects which can not be found in any other museums. The art-pieces made of ivory are very important so far the artistic excellence of carving on ivory is concerned.
Phone : 9798214909 (M)
To collect and display the artifacts and art objects belonging to the region of Bhagalpur, a state museum was started in the year 1976. Recently, the collection of museum has been shifted to its own building. There is a very good collection of stone sculptures of Pal period (8th–12th A.D.) The State Govt. has the proposal to develop this museum as Bhagalpur Museum-cum-Anga Cultural Centre and the work is in progress.
In the year 1983, a museum at Jamui was taken over by the State Govt. to preserve the antiquities of the region. It was renamed as Chandra Shekhar Singh Museum after the name of late Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh the ex-Chief Minister of Bihar in the year 1986. This museum is known for its rich collection of stone sculptures of transitional phase between Gupta and Pal period.
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Yadav
Phone : 9334396691, 6200173232 (M)
The Biharsharif Museum was created in the year 1979. The museum has recently been shifted to its own building named ‘Virasat Bhawan’ at Biharsharif, the district headquarter of Nalanda. The stone sculptures housed in this museum mostly belong to Magadhan Schoul of Indian Art, i.e., Pal period. A few good examples of stone sculptures, medieval coins and stone inscription are the pride collection of the museum.
In the year 1979, Buxar Museum was established with a few good stone sculptures and coins. Hundreds of very good Terracottas collected by a local resident late Shri Sita Ram Upadhyaya was donated to the Buxar Museum and in the year 1993, the Govt. of Bihar, on request, renamed it as the Sita Ram Upadhyaya Museum after the name of the donor. The museum is famous for magnificent terracotta collections, especially the terracotta figurines belonging to the Mauryan and Shunga period (3rd–2nd Cent B.C.). Besides, there are a few stone sculptures and coins preserved in this museum as well.
Dr. Shiv Kumar Mishra
Phone : 9835884843(M)
Ram Chandra Shahi Museum at Muzaffarpur was established in the year 1979. It has got its own building in the campus of Jubba Sahni Park. The museum possesses a very good collection including artifacts and numerous art-objects of varied nature. The museum is famous for its rich collection of rare postage stamps.
Dr. Vimal Tiwari
Assistant Curator, Additional Charge
Phone: 9798254502
With the artifacts and art-objects collected within and the adjoining area of Begusarai district, a museum named as Begusarai Museum was established in the year 1981. The main collection of this museum consists of some very good specimens of Pal period stone sculptures and coins.
The Chapra museum was established in the district headquarter of Saran. The exhibits collected from the region have been displayed in the Chapra Museum. Recently, with the transfer of antiquities unearthed during the excavations of famous archaeulogical site of Chirand (Saran), the regional museum has been shifted in its own building named ‘Dhai Aakhar Bhawan’. The Chirand materials include a very rare Kushana teracotta mask, bone touls and artifacts of Neulithic and Chalcolithic periods. Amongst stone sculptures, a few excellent Pala stone sculptures are also kept in the museum.
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The Govt. of Bihar has declared the official residence of ex-Chief Minister of Bihar late Shri Karpoori Thakur as the memorial museum in the year 1990 to commemorate the life, achievements and philosophy of late Shri Thakur. Since the Jana-nayak Karpoori Thakur Smriti Sangrahalaya is a personalia museum, it displays and preserves the articles of daily-use, dresses, documents, letters, diaries, writings and several other things belonging to late Shri Karpoori Thakur.
There is a very good library having a very good collection of Hindi, English, Bangla and a few Urdu books on various subjects and topics which had been collected and preserved by the late-CM.
The Govt. has a plan to develop this museum as research institute on social issues. A village-complex depicting the life, customs, environment and ecology of rural Bihar, has also been proposed in the campus of the Smriti Sangrahalaya.
In the year 1972, the Govt. of Bihar declared the paternal residence of Babu Kunwar Singh as the Babu Kunwar Singh Smriti Sangrahalaya at Jagdishpur (Bhojpur) with the view to commemorate the first war of independence of 1857. Under the financial assistance of the 11th Finance Commission, the plan to develop this museum as a martyrium of freedom struggle is in progress.
It is a district museum named after Late Deep Narayan Singh, a famous freedom fighter of the district. He is at present running Gandhi Ashram at Hajipur.
Phone :9798254502(M).
This museum depicts the traditional Mithila colture of Madhubani District.
This ashram which was established by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 is being preserved by Directorate of Museum. Kasturba Gandhi was the first teacher in this ashram.
Phone :9798214909 (M).
This museum has been established with the personal belongings of the great socialist freedom fighter Late Suraj Narayan Singh at the Birchand Patel Path, Patna.
A small museum namely Baba Karu Khirhar Museum has been opened in the campus of famous Matsya Gandha tank at Saharsa. There are stone sculptures of Pal period, different types of coins and many other popular articles of public interest displayed in this museum.
Details of officer in charge of the museum are as follows:
Besides the aforesaid museums, there are Bettiah Museum, Bettiah and Lakhisarai Museum, Lakhisarai which display and preserve the rich heritage of the respective regions. Attempts are being made by the State Government to enrich these regional museums.
Apart from the museums governed by the Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, there are also a few other museums of different disciplines contrulled by the other departments of Govt. of Bihar.
Under the Department of Industries Govt. of Bihar established a Small Scale Industrial Museum with the view of displaying the different objects collected and prepared as representatives of Small Scale Industries and thereby promoting the interest of the concerned industry among the concerned artisans.
The Pulice Museum is located by the northern side of the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (uld Bailey Road) near the Gulf Club, Patna. Efforts have been made to equip the museum with the maximum possible uld arms and ammunitions, dresses and other concerned objects handled and used by the contemporary Pulice officials.
In Bihar, there are four Central Museums run by the Archaeulogical Survey of India. In addition, there is a Science Centre at Patna for the benefit of the youth of Bihar.
The Archaeulogical museum, Nalanda was established in 1917 to house the worthwhile representative antiquities found as a result of excavations at the famous Buddhist University site at Nalanda. The museum has its own building just nearby the ruins of the famous Nalanda Mahavihara. The antiquities displayed in the museum include stone sculptures and bronze images of Buddhist gods and goddesses and a few images of the Hindu pantheon belonging to the Pala period. The exhibited stucco figures are dated to the late Guptas. Besides, inscriptions of the time of Yasovarmadeva (8th century) and of Vipulasrimitra (12th century), sealings of royalties of Guptas and Maukharis and a number of official sealings of the Nalanda Mahavihara add to the weight of the exhibits. A few objects collected from Rajgir are also on the show.
The archaeulogical museum, Bodh Gaya was established in 1956 with a view to preserving locally scattered sculptures and other precious antiquities. The antiquities, displayed in its own small and impressive building, include stone sculptures and metal images belonging to the times of the Pal's. Two figures of Yakshis, ascribed to the first century B.C. are also exhibited here.
With the foundation of the Vaishali Sangh in 1945; a site museum, with the surface finds by a local private individual, Shri Rijali Singh; was started at Vaisali by the Sangh itself. After a lapse of three decades – in the year 1971, the Government of India established a site museum just near the uld museum of the Vaishali Sangh on the northern bank of the Kharauna tank (abhiseka puskarini). The exhibits in the museum consist of the antiquities, represented by terracottas, seals and sealings, beads of semi-precious stones, punch marked and cast coins, pins and styli of bone, antimony rods of copper, balls of stone, terracotta and ceramic specimens, ascribed to dates ranging from Maurya to Guptas, and a few sculptures belonging to the Pal period, all from Vaishali and its surroundings collected either as surface-finds or as a result of archaeulogical excavations.
The idea of establishing new site museums at different places was discussed in the Superintending Archaeulogists’ Meeting convened by the Director General, A.S.I., New Delhi in the month of May, 2000. In the meeting, a decision for setting up seven site museums was taken and accordingly a concept plan of the proposed site museum at Vikramshila was chalked out. Except few minor requirements and posting of museum staff, Vikramshila Museum is almost ready in all respects for its formal inauguration.
Considering the interest of the youths of Bihar, a Science Museum was established in Patna in the year 1978 which was named as Srikrishna Science Centre after the first Chief Minister of Bihar (Dr. Srikrishna Singh). This institution forms an unit of the National Council of Science Museums, an autonoums body under the ministry of Culture. It is located at Chhajjubagh, just on the south-western corner of the local Gandhi Maidan. The Science Centre has been set up with all round objectives for the benefit of the public, especially the students of Schouls and Culleges.
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Museums owned by the Universities and Semi-Govt. Organisations in Bihar are as follows:
This museum was started with the beginning of the teaching of Archaeulogy by the Department of Ancient Indian History and Archaeulogy, Patna University in the year 1960-61. The collection consists of different types of antiquities from Antichak, Oriup and Champa of the Bhagalpur district; Vaisali; Kumhrar of the Patna district and Chirand of the Saran ditrict. Besides, there are coins of different periods and other miscellaneous antiquities and ceramic examples from other sites of the state and the country as well.
This museum was established in the Department of History, G. D. Cullege, Begusarai by the authorities of the Cullege in the year 1946. The antiquities and art-objects, housed in the departmental hall itself, are displayed in showcases. The antiquities include stone and metal images belonging to the times of Guptas and Pals; terracotta figurines from Maurya to present times, beads of semi-precious stones, terracotta beads and sealings with inscription in Gupta and Pal script and a few miscellaneous finds and numerous ceramic specimens represented by the N. B .P. ware and later examples up-to Pal times.
After Patna University, the P.G. Department of ancient Indian and Asian Studies, (Magadh University) established a museum to collect and display the objects of archaeulogical and historical importance and also to acquaint the students with the antiquities of the region. The P.G. Department Museum has specimens of different kinds of potteries, terracottas and coins in its possession. The museum is supposed to impart training in the theory and practice of museum methods.
The State Art Gallery was established in 1951 with the Patna Cullege of Arts & Crafts. The foundation stone of the Gallery was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. The collection of paintings of renaissance, post- renaissance and modern times and foreign specimens from Nepal, Tibet and Japan has been kept in the Art Gallery. The miniature paintings are executed on paper, mica and ivory, while the contemporary ones are respectively in opal, water and pastel colours. A few graphic pictures and two figures, one each of terracotta and bronze and some black and white photographs are also noteworthy in the collection.
This museum, established in the year 1963, consists of fulk musical instruments, costumes and jewellary. Besides, the collection also includes terracottas and ceramic specimens dated between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500, and stone sculptures belonging to Gupta and Pal periods.
Museums owned by the Non-Govt. Organisations in Bihar are as follows:
On the right bank of Ganga, the Gandhi Smriti Sangrahalaya was established in the year 1967, which was renamed as Gandhi Sangrahalaya later on. It is one of a few institutions established by the authorities of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi. The Sangrahalaya now gets regular financial assistance every year from the Central Govt. as well as from State Govt. also the exhibits in the museum include photographs, documents etc. concerning the life and achievements of Mahatma Gandhi. The Sangrahalaya has its own building with sufficient accommodation for the purpose of display and other activities.
The Rajendra Smriti Sangrahalaya was established in 1963 in the memory of late Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, with his belongings of daily use and the articles he had received from different countries as gifts and presents. The Sangrahalaya was started in the same building in which the departed President resided after his retirement from the office of the President till the end of his mortal life. It is well maintained and managed by a managing committee, although it gets annual Government grant for its maintenance.
After Patna University, the P.G. Department of ancient Indian and Asian Studies, (Magadh University) established a museum to collect and display the objects of archaeological and historical importance and also to acquaint the students with the antiquities of the region. The P.G. Department Museum has specimens of different kinds of potteries, terracottas and coins in its possession. The museum is supposed to impart training in the theory and practice of museum methods.
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Museums run by the Private Individuals are as follows:
The Jalan Museum was established by late Shri Diwan Bahadur Radha Krishna Jalan with his entire collection of art objects in the year 1954. It is a private museum housed in a purposely built building by the founder himself. The collection of objects - numbering to about ten thousand - belonged mostly to the modern period, include those of stone, metal, terracotta, ivory, glass and porcelains. Besides, a few manuscripts may also be mentioned to the credit of the museum. Of the art objects, many are European and a few from the far-and-near-eastern countries of Asia.
Dr. P. K. Singh ‘Maun’ of Hasanpur (Dist. Samastipur) collected numerous objects and artifacts and established Kumar Sangrahalaya at his native village Hasanpur itself. The museum collection comprises a good number of terracottas, stone sculptures, paintings, manuscripts and coins.