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Museum in Allahabad

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Nearly 400 sculptures broadly classified sect wise starting with the various categories of brahmanical gods followed by deities of the Buddha and Jain pantheon and terminating with secular and miscellaneous themes including architectural members have also been included.
Comprehensive selection of of objects from 3rd century BC, first through 3rd century AD, 4th through 7th century AD and 8th through 14 th century AD. These periods roughly correspond to the Maurya, Sunga, Kushan Gupta and medieval periods of Indian history. The museum is open all days except Monday from 10.30 AM to 4.30 PM.

Allahabad Museum

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Located at the boundary of the Chandra Shekhar Azad Park, this museum has an outstanding collection of sculptures and earth artifacts.
Open: 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.,
The day of closer are Monday , Sunday, Saturday.
Phone: 2600834.

Art’s and Museum

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Allahabad 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 museum is open between 10:30 am and 5 pm. It is closed on Mondays and central government holidays.