Musa Dakri Museum

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

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

History

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

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

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

References
  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.
  2. "Musa Dakri Museum". Aligarh Muslim University.
  3. "The History and Development of University Museum of AMU: MUSA DAKRI MUSEUM" (PDF).
  4. "AMU to set up world class museum". Business Standard. 2014-07-04.
  5. "Alumni shower donations, AMU set to take up new projects". The Indian Express. 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  6. "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.
  7. "एएमयू : मूसा डाकरी संग्रहालय में हैं सैकड़ों साल पुराने बर्तन, खिलौने, चाकू". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-08-02.

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