Bharat Kala Bhavan, Art museum at Banaras Hindu University, India
The museum displays 100,000 artifacts, including stone sculptures, coins, paintings, textiles, pottery beads, royal decrees, jewelry, ivory works, and metallic objects.
Founded in 1920 as the Indian Art Council at Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, with Rabindranath Tagore as its first chairman.
The museum contains 12,000 paintings representing diverse Indian artistic styles, along with Nepalese and Tibetan religious artworks and manuscripts.
The museum remains closed for renovation work, with new LED lighting systems being installed to enhance the display of artifacts.
The galleries showcase archaeological materials from 4000 BCE to the 15th century CE, including Buddhist and Hindu statues, Mughal miniatures, and bronze figures.
Inception: 1920
Founders: Anand Krishna
Website: http://bhu.ac.in/kala/index_bkb.htm
GPS coordinates: 25.27149,82.99599
Latest update: May 14, 2025 22:43
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