Patna Museum - Patna Journey Will Complete After Visiting This Museum

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Patna Museum, also known as 'Jadu Ghar' in Hindi, is one of well preserved museum in the country which connect the glorious past with the modern age. Set up in the center of the city, the museum building houses splendid and large collection of artifacts of the periods belonging to Mauryan, Gupta, Sunga, Kushan, Mughals and British era. The museum boasts of few collection which are unmatched elsewhere.

The museum came into present form in 1917 AD in a architecturally beautiful building, built specially for it. Sir Edward Gait, Lieutenant Governor of Bihar and Odisha (1915-1920) was the founder of this museum. His bust stands inside the museum, near the entrance gate.  The museum is surrounded by a beautiful scenery park. A number of statues, such as of Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India dots the campus.

The museum has a collection of over 45,000 exhibits, out of which only a small percentage of it are on display due to space constraint. The Relic casket, containing the mortal remains of Lord Buddha is one of its rare possessions. However the most famous collection of the museum is 'Didarganj Yakshi', the statue from 3rd Century BC. A brick sculpture of lord Buddha and stupas, named as Satabdi Smarak is situated in one of the corner of the museum.

A cafeteria (Sangrahalaya Vihar) managed by Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation and a souvenir shop managed by HHEC (Ministry of Textile, GoI) is present in one corner of the museum. The museum building also houses few government offices like office of the National Mission for Manuscripts, Govt. of India and Bihar Research Society. The museum also houses an auditorium, named as Jan Nayak Karpuri Thakur Auditorium at the back side. It was inaugurated in 2000.

The museum displays many archaeological things, coins, paintings, instruments, art objects, textiles, painting, bronze images, sculptures, thankas, terracotta images and many more things. It has displays the rare paintings during the British rule. The most prized possession of the museum is the sacred relics of Buddha. You can see all the things kept there.

Visiting Hour :   10:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Monday Holiday)

Entry fee :  Rs 15 (Indian Citizen), Rs. 250 (Foreigner)

Buddha relics gallery visit : Rs 100 (Indian Citizen), Rs. 500 (Foreigner)

Student group fee : Rs 2 per student on production of identity-card

Lock room fee : Rs 2 per bag

Auditorium fee : Rs 10,000

Photo clicking fee : If any one wants to click photos inside the museum, then one has to buy an extra ticket. Ticket rates are as follow : Rs 20 ( For Mobile camera), Rs 100 (Flash Camera), Rs 500 (Video Camera), Rs 5,000 (Commercial Recording). If anyone is found taking photos inside the premise without having proper ticket, then fine can be imposed by the museum administration.

Guide fee : The Museum offers guide facility to the desired person/persons based on following criteria : For 1 person, fee is Rs 25; for 2 to 5 persons, fee is Rs 50; and for 6 to 10 persons, fee is Rs 100

By Air

The flights of Indian Airlines, Sahara India, Air Deccan and Jet Airways connect Patna with Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Lucknow, Ranchi and many other major cities.

By Train

Patna is connected by rail to Bombay, Calcutta, Guwahati, Ranchi, Varanasi.

By Bus

All - weather motorable roads connect Patna with the rest of Bihar. There are also regular inter - state bus services. Regular direct bus services connect Patna to Calcutta, Rajgir, Nalanda, Pawapuri, Vaishali, Gaya-Bodhgaya, Ranchi, Raxaul, Muzzafarpur, Sasaram.