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'''Government Museum, Mathura''' commonly referred as '''Mathura museum''' is an [[archaeological museum]] in [[Mathura]] city of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state in [[India]]. The museum was founded by then [[District collector|collector]] of the [[Mathura district]], Sir [[F. S. Growse]] in 1874. Initially it was known as Curzon Museum of Archaeology, then Archaeology Museum, Mathura, and finally changed to the Government Museum, Mathura.<ref name=param>{{cite web | title = Government Museum, Mathura|publisher=Parampara Project, Ministry of Culture, govt. of India| url = http://www.paramparaproject.org/institution_govt-museum-mathura.html |access-date = 2014-02-21 }}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
[[File:The archeological museum, Mathura, India 1949.jpg|thumb|The museum in 1949]]<br />
The museum houses artifacts pottery, sculptures, paintings, and coins primarily from in and around Mathura, plus discoveries made by noted colonial archaeologists like [[Alexander Cunningham]], F. S. Growse, and Fuhrer.<ref name=param/><br />
The museum is famous for ancient sculptures of the [[Mathura art|Mathura school]] dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD., during [[Kushan Empire]] and [[Gupta Empire]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020818/spectrum/travel.htm|title=Priceless artefacts hidden away from tourists' eyes|date=18 August 2002|work=The Tribune}}</ref> today it is one of the leading museums of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ignca.nic.in/nl001702.htm|title=Mathura-A Treasure Trove Of AntiquitieS|date=2001 Vol. III (May – June)|publisher=[[IGNCA]] website|access-date=7 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019125829/http://ignca.nic.in/nl001702.htm#|archive-date=19 October 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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The [[Government of India]] issued a postage stamp on 9 October 1974 on the centenary of the museum.<br />
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==Notable collections==<br />
{{see also|Art of Mathura|Kushan art|Gupta art}}<br />
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File:Archaic Mother Goddess - Terracotta - Circa up to 4th Century BCE - Showcase 17-12 - Prehistory and Terracotta Gallery - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6441.JPG|Archaic Mother Goddess, Prehistory, 4th Century BCE<br />
File:Copper Age Tool - ACCN 93-51 - Prehistory and Terracotta Gallery - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6248.JPG|3000-year-old anthropomorphic copper figure (ACCN 93-51) found at Shahabad, UP <br />
File:Yaksha_Manibhadra_-_Parkham_Mathura_circa_150_BCE.jpg|[[Parkham Yaksha]], 150 BCE<ref name="SRQ26">Dated 150 BCE in Fig. 15-17, general comments p.26-27 in {{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004155374 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7Cb8IkZVSMC&pg=PA26 |language=en}}</ref><br />
File:Mudgarpani_Yaksha,_Mathura,_100_BCE.jpg|[[Mudgarpani|Mudgarpani Yaksha]], 100 BCE<ref name="SRQF88">Dated 100 BCE in Fig.88 in {{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |page=368, Fig. 88|publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004155374 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7Cb8IkZVSMC&pg=PA368 |language=en}}</ref><br />
File:Amohaasi Bodhisattva, Mathura.jpg|Seated [[Bodhisattva]], 1st century CE<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Myer |first1=Prudence R. |title=Bodhisattvas and Buddhas: Early Buddhist Images from Mathurā |journal=Artibus Asiae |date=1986 |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=111–113 Fig. 10 |doi=10.2307/3249969 |issn=0004-3648|jstor=3249969 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Annual report 1909-10 |publisher=ASI |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.6601/page/n113 63]–65 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.6601}}</ref><br />
File:Four Fold Jain Image with Suparshvanath and Three Other Tirthankaras - Circa 1st Century CE - ACCN 00-B-67 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6023.JPG|Jain chaumukha sculpture with [[Suparshvanatha]] and Three Other Tirthankaras, 1st century<br />
File:Colossal Parasol with Eight Auspicious Symbols - Circa 1st Century CE - Gita Enclave - ACCN 00-72-5 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5570.JPG|[[Ashtamangala#Jain symbols|Jain Ashtamangala]], 1st century<br />
File:Jain Tablet Homage Set-up by Vasu the Daughter of Courtesan Lavana Sobhika - Circa 1st Century CE - Kankali Mound - ACCN 00-Q-7 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 5987.JPG|Ayagapata, Jain Tablet, 1st Century<br />
File:Goat-headed God Naigamesha Presiding Deity of Childbirth among Ancient Jainas - ACCN 15-1115 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6067.JPG|[[Naigamesha]] Jain god of Childbirth, 1st-3rd century CE.<ref>"Naigamesa was a popular deity in the Kushana period and we have at least eight figures of this god from Mathura assignable to c. 1st to 3rd century A.D. (GMM., E. 1, 15.909, 15, 1001, 15. 1046, '''15. 1115''', 34.2402, 34. 2547, SML., J 626, etc)" in {{cite book |last1=Joshi |first1=Nilakanth Purushottam |title=Mātr̥kās, Mothers in Kuṣāṇa Art |date=1986 |publisher=Kanak Publications |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=geYjAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref><br />
File:Mathura (Uttar pradesh), tirthankara parshvanatha, II sec.JPG|Parshvantha, Kushan Period, 2nd century<br />
File:Zina in Meditation - Kushan Period - ACCN 00-863 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 5978.JPG|[[Tirthankara]], [[Kushan Period]] <br />
File:Great Emperor Kanishka - Greatest of Kushan Monarchs - Circa 1st Century CE - Mathura - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5836.JPG|Statue of [[Kanishka I]] (c. 127 – c. 140), [[Kushan Empire]].<br />
File:Buddha_in_Abhaya_Mudra_-_Circa_2nd_Century_CE_-_ACCN_00-A-4_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura.jpg|Standing Buddha, 2nd century CE<br />
File:Head of Buddha - Circa 5th Century CE - Chamunda Mound - ACCN 49-3510 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5515.JPG|Head of Buddha. C. 5th Century CE, Chamunda mound, Mathura district<br />
File:Colossal Head of Jina - Gupta Period - Kankali Mound - ACCN 00-B-61 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5453.JPG|Jain colossal head, [[Gupta period]]<br />
File:Standing_Buddha_Installed_by_Buddist_Monk_Yasadinna_-_Circa_5th_Century_CE_-_Jamalpur_Mound_-_ACCN_00-A-5_-_Government_Museum_Mathura_Red_background.jpg|Standing Buddha, 5th century CE<br />
File:Rishabhanatha - First Jain Tirthankara - Circa 6th Century CE - Katra Keshav Dev - ACCN 12-2-68 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5404.JPG|[[Rishabhanatha]] idol, 6th century<br />
File:Sarvatobhadra Jain - Circa 6-7th Century CE - ACCN 00-B-65 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5442.JPG|Jain chaumukha sculpture, 6th century<br />
File:Jain Tirthankara Parsvanatha - Post Gupta Period - Kosi Kalan - ACCN 18-1505 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5407.JPG|[[Parshvanatha]], Post Gupta Period, 6th-8th Century CE<br />
File:Goddess Ambika - Mediaeval Period - Rataul - ACCN 88-16 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5194.JPG|Goddess [[Ambika (Jainism)|Ambika]] - Medieval Period<br />
File:Four-armed Seated Vishnu in Meditation - Mediaeval Period - Pannapur - ACCN 14-379 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5275.JPG|Four-armed seated [[Vishnu]] in meditation. Medieval Period, Pannapur.<br />
File:Anjani with Child Hanuman - Bronze - Pallava Period - ACCN 15-524 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6600.JPG|Anjani with Child Hanuman, Bronze, Pallava Period<br />
File:Jain Tirthankara Neminath - Circa 12th Century CE - ACCN 00-B-77 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5079.jpg|[[Naminatha]], 12th century <br />
File:Bodhisattva Manjushri - Bronze - Circa 15th-16th Century CE - ACCN 87-148 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6572.JPG|Bodhisattva Manjushri statue, 15th-16th Century<br />
File:Buddha with Vajra - Bronze - Circa 18th Century CE - ACCN 12-274 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6571.JPG|Buddha with Vajra, Bronze, 18th Century<br />
File:Balarama - Circa 18th Century CE - ACCN 80-6 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5347.JPG|Balarama, 18th Century<br />
File:Baby Krishna with Ball - Bronze - Modern Age - ACCN 76-274 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6624.JPG|Baby Krishna with Ball, Bronze, Modern Age<br />
File:Cast and Mould - Showcase 18-18 - Prehistory and Terracotta Gallery - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6343.JPG|Cast and Mould, Prehistory and Terracotta Gallery<br />
File:Alexandrina Victoria - Bronze - ACCN 83-1-5 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 5865.JPG|Statue of [[Queen Victoria|Victoria, Empress of India]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Mathura lion capital]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://www.bharatonline.com/uttar-pradesh/travel/mathura/government-museum.html Bharat Online – Mathura Museum]<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Sharma, R. C. 1976. ''Mathura Museum and Art''. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Government Museum, Mathura.<br />
*Growse, F. S. 1882. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=pG2yMEauKZUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=F.S+Growse&source=bl&ots=kC_tfQAAB_&sig=o83b7FbSYjd1KFuR1vcgJLLp8zs&hl=en&ei=adk0TJD0E9C3rAfE_qTwAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mathura A District Memoir]''.<br />
*Kumar, Jitendera. ''Masterpieces Of Mathura Museum''. Sundeep Prakashan. {{ISBN|81-7574-118-X}}.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.mathura-vrindavan.com/mathura/museum.htm Mathura Museum]<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/MathuraADistrictMemoir Mathura, a District Memoir]<br />
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