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Coordinates: 27°5447N 78°0428E / 27.91293°N 78.07458°E / 27.91293; 78.07458
 

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Musa Dakri Museum
Established2014
LocationAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

The Musa Dakri Museum is a museum at the Aligarh Muslim University.[1] It is housed in the Kennedy Hall.[2]

History[edit]

The Nizam Museum was the first museum at the university. The Sir Syed Archaeology museum was established in the 1950s.[3]

The Musa Dakri Museum was established by the merger of these collections in 2014. It was named after Musa Dakri, who donated US$500,000 to the university.[4][5] Some artefacts went missing in 2014, when they were to be shifted.[6]

Collections[edit]

Sir Syed Gallery[edit]

An inscription from the reign of Balban is housed here.[3]

R. C. Gaur Gallery[edit]

This gallery contains artefacts excavated from Atranji Kheda.[3][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AMU: मूसा डाकरी संग्रहालय में है लकड़ी का जहाज, दो हजार साल पुरानी गौतम बुद्ध की दुर्लभ प्रतिमा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  • ^ "Musa Dakri Museum". Aligarh Muslim University.
  • ^ a b c "The History and Development of University Museum of AMU: MUSA DAKRI MUSEUM" (PDF).
  • ^ "AMU to set up world class museum". Business Standard. 2014-07-04.
  • ^ "Alumni shower donations, AMU set to take up new projects". The Indian Express. 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  • ^ "5000 years old artefacts go missing from AMU's archaeology section". The Times of India. 2018-04-24. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  • ^ "एएमयू : मूसा डाकरी संग्रहालय में हैं सैकड़ों साल पुराने बर्तन, खिलौने, चाकू". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  • 27°54′47N 78°04′28E / 27.91293°N 78.07458°E / 27.91293; 78.07458


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