AP State Archaeology Museum
- AP State Archaeology Museum
AP State Archeology Museum is a museum located in Hyderabad, India.
History
It was started during the time of the last Nizam of Hyderabad state, Mir Osman Ali Khan, as the "Hyderabad Museum" in 1930 at Public Gardens, Nampally.
Collection
This museum main attraction is its Egyptian mummy, which was brought to Hyderabad by the son-in-law of VI Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan, and donated it to the last Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan. He reportedly brought it for a paltry sum of 1000 pounds.
There is a huge gallery on Buddha dating back to last century.
The museum has wide variety of archaeological artefacts from the Nizam, Kakatiya dynasty etc.
External links
* [http://museums.ap.nic.in/ Official site]
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