Orissa (Odisha) State Museum, situated at the top of Lewis Road (Gautam
Nagar) near Kalpana Square, at a distance of 2 kms from the Bhubaneshwar
railway station, is renowned for its huge collection of manuscripts on
palm leaves. Established in 1948, the four storey Orissa State Museum
houses rich and invaluable collection of Buddhist and Jain sculptures,
archeological findings, coins, copper plates, stone inscriptions from
ancient and medieval Kalinga, armours, bronze age tools, ancient and medieval
tools and weapons, enormous traditional dresses, stuffed animals, natural
history, geological objects, paintings, anthropological specimens, traditional
folk and musical instruments etc. These artifacts are arranged and displayed
in various galleries namely Archaeology Gallery, Epigraphy and Numismatics,
Armoury, Mining and Geology, Natural History, Art and Craft, Contemporary
Art, Anthropology Gallery, Palm Leaf Gallery, The Patta Painting Gallery
and Gopabandhu Gallery. Of these, palm leaf gallery located in the first
floor at the end of the corridor is the most attractive one with a vast
collection of rare palm-leaf manuscripts including the 12th century manuscript
of devotional poem Gita Govinda.
Orissa (Odisha) State Museum also houses a library with a large collection
of books, which is a destination point for researchers and scholars in
different disciplines. Orissa State Museum is open for public on all days
from 10am to 5pm. It will remains closed on Mondays and Government Holidays.
Contact :
Orissa (Odisha) State Museum,
Near Kalpana Square, BJB Nagar, Lewis Road, Bhubaneswar
Phone: 0674-2431597 |
