Bangladesh National Museum, National history museum in Shahbag, Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh National Museum is a history museum in Shahbag, Dhaka, with galleries devoted to natural history, classical art, and ethnology. The collection spreads across multiple floors and presents archaeological finds, coins, sculptures, and manuscripts from different periods.
The institution opened in 1913 as the Dacca Museum and was declared a national museum in 1983. Over the following decades the collection grew to document contemporary events as well.
The name reflects the country's foundation after independence in 1971, while classrooms and study groups regularly visit the halls to learn about the region's past. Visitors see textiles, ceramics, and religious objects that reveal everyday life across different regions.
The halls are organized by theme and can be visited in any order, with orientation boards on each floor to help you navigate. A full visit takes between one and three hours depending on your interest.
The royal Bengal tiger statue stands not at the entrance but in the second room of the first floor, after the map room showing Bangladesh's 64 districts. The museum's collection grew from 379 objects at its opening to 91,287 by 2017.
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