Allahabad Museum

The museum is located beside the Chandra Shekar Azab park. It was inaugurated in 1947. The museum has separate galleries - 18 of them - dedicated and devoted to archaeological findings, natural history exhibits, art gallery and terracotta artifacts. The museum also displays the documents and the personal effects of Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian freedom movement. Antiques from various well-known and renowned schools of sculpture such as Gandhara, Mathura, Kausambi, and Saranath are also on display. The coin collection of the Allahabad Museum is brilliant and includes Kushana and Gupta gold coins.

The Allahabad Museum was built in 1931 and is funded by the Ministry of Culture. The museum enjoys the reputation of being one of the finest in terms of the unique objects of art which it houses. The museum is located near another of the city’s attraction - the Chandra Shekar Azab park. Inaugurated in 1947, the year India became independent, the museum has 18 separate galleries dedicated to archaeological findings, natural history exhibits, art gallery and terracotta artefacts. It also has on display some of the documents and personal items of Jawaharlal Nehru and memorabilia related to Indian freedom movement.