Government
Museum -
Kasturba Gandhi Road
Established in 1866, this is one of the oldest museums
in the Country. Housed in a red stucco Neo-Classical
Building with Corinthian Columns, it has 18 sections
with a fine
collection of jewellery, miniature paintings sculpture,
artifacts from Mohenjodaro and 5,000 years old neolithic
relics. The Venkatappa Art Gallery, named after an early
20th century artist patronized by the wodeyar rules of
Mysore, forms one wing of this museum. It has watercolours
and paintings made in mysore style. These works still
retain a greenish coating imparted by a finishing rub
with jade.
The Gallery also has a collection of leather puppets
made of deer and fine sculptures from the satvahana, Hoysala
and Vijayanagar periods. |
Visveswaraiah Industrial and
Technological Museum
This Museum is a tribute to the graet Sir M.Vishveshwariah,
a Stateman who worked dedicatedly to bring science
and technology to the common man. See an unconnected
tubelight
glow watch your voices as you speak, learn to make
motion pictures, alarms etc. This museum has wonderful
of Informations
about the marvels of science.
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