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{{Infobox museum
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|key_holdings = [[Lohanipur torso]]
|location = Buddha Marg, Patna, Bihar
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|visitors = 800,119 <small>(2007)</small>
|director = JPN Singh<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140210/jsp/bihar/story_17918352.jsp |title=Museum fun plan to woo kids |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2014-02-10 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>
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'''Patna Museum''' is the state museum of the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. Started on 3 April 1917 during the [[British Raj]] to house the historical artefacts found in the vicinity of [[Patna]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/patna-museum-to-turn-100-today/articleshow/57979543.cms|title=Patna Museum to turn 100 today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/exhibition-on-100-yrs-of-museum-concludes/articleshow/58015369.cms|title=Exhibition on 100 yrs of museum concludes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebharat.com/tourism/museum/patna.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=29 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509164922/http://www.thebharat.com/tourism/museum/patna.html |archive-date=9 May 2008 }}</ref> it is in the style of [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] and [[Rajput|Rajput architecture]] and is known locally as the '''Jadu Ghar'''. Most of the early collections have now been transferred to [[Bihar Museum]].

==History==

The museum was constructed by the British to conserve and display the historical artifacts found in the vicinity of the state capital. The concept of having a museum arose in 1912, after [[Bihar]] and [[Bengal]] were separated. Patna Museum started functioning in 1915 from the commissioner's bungalow, on the campus of A. N. Sinha Institute.

The artifacts were then shifted to new rooms at the [[Patna High Court]] building before being taken to the present building in 1929. The land that was selected for the museum, in 1925, was on Patna-Gaya road (now Budh Marg). The two-storeyed building, designed by Rai Bahadur Bishnu Swarup, was completed in 1928.<ref name="deccanherald1">{{cite web|author=Abhay Kumar, Patna, 21 December 2013 |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/376051/museum-artefacts-find-place-belgium.html |title=Museum artefacts find place in Belgium festival |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date=2013-12-21 |access-date=2014-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihar-museum-heritage-culture-yakshi-sculpture-lifest/1/1067982.html|title=This museum in Bihar houses a 2300-year-old sculpture carved out of a single stone}}</ref> It was opened as the first museum of [[Bihar and Orissa Province]] by then [[List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa|Governor of Bihar and Orissa]], Sir [[Hugh Lansdown Stephenson]].<ref name="deccanherald1"/>

==Collections==
Items on display in the multipurpose museum include archaeological objects, coins, art objects, paintings, instruments, textiles, paintings, [[thanka]]s, bronze images and sculptures and [[terra cotta]] images by Hindu and Buddhist artists.<ref name="patnam">{{cite web |title=Patna Museum | url=http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/museum.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229044341/http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/museum.htm |work=patna.bih.nic.in |archive-date=29 December 2006 |access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> It has a rare collection of British-period paintings depicting day-to-day life, as well as a fine collection related to the first [[President of India]], [[Rajendra Prasad]]. It also houses a World War I cannon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/Patna.htm |title=Destinations :: Patna ::Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation |work=Bstdc.bih.nic.in |access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref>

The fossil of a tree said to be more than 200 million years old is on display,<ref name="patnam" /> as is a casket — unearthed in 1958 by archaeologist, [[Anant Sadashiv Altekar|A. S. Altekar]], at the Relic [[Stupa]] of [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaishali]] — said to contain the sacred ashes ([[relics#Buddhism|relics]]) of [[Gautama Buddha]].<ref>Pranava K. Chaudhary, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130910094311/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-03-01/patna/27267355_1_buddhist-pilgrims-holy-ashes-patna-museum "Holy ashes fail to attract pilgrims"] in ''[[Times of India]]'', 1 March 2003.</ref> A [[Didarganj Yakshi]] statue, discovered on a [[Ganges]] riverbank in 1917, was the museum's most prized collection,<ref name="patnam" /> which was later shifted to [[Bihar Museum]]. The artefacts from ancient India era to 1764 are kept in Bihar Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/cm-turns-attention-to-patna-museum-194039|title=CM turns attention to Patna museum}}</ref> and those of post-1764 period are kept at Patna Museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/cm-for-expansion-of-old-patna-museum/articleshow/61189476.cms|title=CM for expansion of old Patna Museum}}</ref>
[[Rahul sankrityayan]] donated 10,000 manuscripts that are written in gold and silver on handmade papers and books on Buddhist philosophy that were once in the library of ancient [[Nalanda]] and [[Vikramshila]] universities. These manuscript were taken to Tibet dating back of around 700 years ago before the destruction of these universities. These manuscripts were brought by him.
Beginning November 2009, a project was started to build a replacement museum in Patna to enable the display of larger collections.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Lohanipur torso.jpg | [[Lohanipur torso]], 3rd century BCE
File:002 Brick Sculpture (9218736145).jpg|Brick Sculpture of Buddha
File:Pataliputra capital, Bihar Museum, Patna, 3rd century BCE.jpg| Pataliputra palace capital (front and left-side view), early Maurya Empire period, 3rd century BCE.
File:003 Torana, 8c Udayagiri (9221507404).jpg|'Dwar Stambh', Udyagiri, 8th Century AD
File:015 Buddha calling Earth, 10c Gaya (9218690093).jpg|Buddha, Gaya, 10th Century
File:020 Samvara 10c Ratnagiri (9221447100).jpg|Samvara, Ratnagiri, 10th Century
File:025 Tara 10-11c Gaya (9221433136).jpg|Tara, Gaya, 10th-11th Century

</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Bihar Museum]]
*[[Jalan Museum]]

==References==
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[[Category:Art museums and galleries in India]]
[[Category:Archaeological museums in India]]
[[Category:State museums in India]]
[[Category:Museums in Patna]]
[[Category:Museums established in 1917]]
[[Category:1917 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Patna]]

Patna Museum - Revision history

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