Location
Address
Kasturba Road Cubbon Park Gandhi Nagar Bangalore Karnataka 560 001
Description
The museum comprises two exhibition floors, which are further split into 18 galleries. These galleries cover various sections spanning sculpture, natural history, geology, art, music and numismatics. The museum is known for its rare collection of archaeological and geological artifacts such as old jewellery, sculptures and coins. The museum exhibits rare antiquities from Mohenjadaro, terracotta from Mathura, weapons from Kodagu, and is also home to Begur inscription, Aatakur inscriptional slabs and the Halmidi inscription, the earliest Kannada inscription ever found.