Madhya Pradesh museums and galleries provide a wide scope for the tourists to take a plunge into the history of Madhya Pradesh. Thus, Madhya Pradesh museums and galleries form an integral part of the Madhya Pradesh tourism.
Some of the significant Madhya Pradesh museums and galleries that deserve special mention in this context are:
- Central Museum - Central museum houses paintings, coins, porcelain objects, metals and ivory toys and artifacts. Besides, it also contains wood carvings, and many handicrafts.
- State Museum - It contains coins, sculptures, terracotta, paintings and other stuffs.
- Birla Museum - It houses tools and implements from the Old and New Stone Ages.
- Bharat Bhavan - This is a complex containing many buildings that contains items related to music and ancient artifacts.
- HH Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum - This museum houses miniature paintings, bronze sculpture, manuscripts, coins, etc.
- Archaeological Museum, Gwalior - Inscriptions, seals, stone pillars, metal images and many sculpture is a specialty of this museum.
- Archaeological Museum, Khajuraho - It contains a wide range of things collected from the various temples of Khajuraho.
Central Museum Bhopal
The Central Museum in Bhopal is considered to be one of the most sought-after tourist hubs that has recently come under the limelight. It has been successful in highlighting the true grace and exuberance of local sculptures and artisans who have dedicated their entire lives to art.
The Central Museum in Bhopal came into being in the year of 1949. Since then the sheer virtuosity and versatility in bringing the true and raw talents to the forefront and providing them with a pedestal to spread their work that has been shown by the Central Museum in Bhopal is indeed something to appreciate.
State Museum Dhubela
State Museum Dhubela in Nowganj in Madhya Pradesh is basically an archaeological museum that brings together the best of the urban and the folk traditions of the rich artistic heritage. Though primarily noted for its spectacular collection of sculptures, State Museum of Dhubela also has a great collection of curios, coins, terracotta figures.
Madhya Pradesh is noted for its rich heritage of arts and the crafts. Just as Madhya Pradesh has traditionally been the seat of many a royal dynasties that have enriched its culture with its refinement, it has also been the home of many tribes who have faithfully sustained their traditional lifestyles. Even when the life has seen changes, they faithfully continued with their traditional manners of arts and crafts. Thus, the unique thing about the arts and crafts of Madhya Pradesh is that they include artifacts that have their origin in folk tradition as well as in urban refinement.
State Museum Dhubela ensures that all these heritages that are integral to the art and culture of Madhya Pradesh get meticulously show-cased for both connoisseurs, students, scholars and visitors alike. Sculptures have traditionally been the forte of the State Museum Dhubela. Specially the wonderful 'yogini' figures from Gurgi, which dates back to the 10th and 12th century AD and are the greatest attractions.
Birla Museum
Birla Museum, Bhopal is an archaeological museum established in 1971. The Birla Museum of Bhopal preserves the evidences and artifacts right from the prehistorical period. The Birla Museum of Bhopal exhibits the wide variety of aspects that highlights the rich cultural and historical heritage of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Many of the objects preserved in the Birla Museum in Bhopal unravel the tale of the prehistorical age thus giving us a glimpse of the social culture of the primitive men.
In the Birla Museum, Bhopal you will get the opportunity to have a rare glimpse of the tools and implements of the palaeolithic and Neolithic age. Further the scale model of the Bhimbetka rock shelter together with the mysterious wall paintings of the Stone age are wonderfully portrayed in the Birla Museum in Bhopal. You will even see the eye catching stone sculpture, the origin of which dates back from the 7th to 13th century.
Last Updated on : 15th March 2013
