Bapu Museum, Vijayawada

Bapu Museum
Facade of the Bapu Museum
Facade of the Bapu Museum
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Coordinates16°30′29″N 80°37′41″E / 16.508°N 80.628°E / 16.508; 80.628
Created1887 (1887)
Operated byDepartment of Aaarchaeology & Museums[1]
Statusopened[2]

The Bapu Museum (formerly: Victoria Jubilee Museum) is an archaeological museum, located at M. G. Road of Vijayawada.[3] It was renamed in the memory of the renowned film director, illustrator, cartoonist and author Bapu.[4] The museum is maintained by the Archaeological department and has large collection of sculptures, paintings and artifacts of Buddhist and Hindu relics, with some of them as old as 2nd and 3rd Centuries. The structure of building is an Indo-European style of architectural and is more than a hundred years old structure.[5]

Statue of Nuzvid Zamindar at bapu museum
  1. ^ "Department of Archaeology & Museums". India: Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^ "bapu museum". hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ Shridharan, J.R. "Vijayawada's Bapu Museum all set for a makeover". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ Sahiti, P. Navya. "Bapu museum to reopen with new frills". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. ^ "etymology of museum". myvijayawada. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.