Kanpur Sangrahalaya, Historical museum in Phool Bagh, Kanpur, India.
Kanpur Sangrahalaya is a museum in the Phool Bagh area of Kanpur that documents the city's history from ancient times to the present. Its gallery spaces display artifacts, documents, and objects from different periods of local development.
The building was erected during the British colonial period as King Edward Memorial Hall and served first as a ballroom, then as a military hospital. It was converted into a museum in 1999.
The building was renamed Gandhi Bhawan after independence in 1947 and now holds both a municipal library and the museum. The museum itself was established in 1999. Its exhibits trace the events and people that shaped Kanpur, once called the Manchester of Asia for its colonial-era industry.
The museum stands in Phool Bagh at the junction of Mall Road and the Kanpur–Lucknow Road, at Civil Lines, Kanpur 208 001. It is closed on Mondays, on the second Tuesday of each month and on public holidays. Entry is charged, with separate rates for military personnel, freedom fighters, media workers, children under 12 and school groups.
An old artillery gun from the colonial era stands outside the museum and is one of the first things visitors notice on arrival. It stands in contrast to the civilian objects inside, pointing to a military past that shaped the region.
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