Museum in Uttarakhand

The museums of Uttarakhand are ideal retreats for people desiring to learn the Indian historical facts. These museums in Uttarakhand are classified into various categories and thus present the best of their state.

Group museum and archives of Roorkee, located at Bengal Engineer Group and Center is a well known museum in Uttarakhand. Showcasing historical documents, books, pamphlets, paintings, photographs of Bengal Engineer Group, Group museum also displays several medals, portraits, weapons. Among the other museums of Uttarakhand, the War Museum at the Kumaon Regimental Center in Ranikhet is a premier one and it displays various types of army materials including War Trophies, flags, uniforms, manuscripts, paintings, rifles, important historical documents weapons. War Museum is open on all weekdays.

Zonal Museum of Dehradun is one of the reputed museums of Uttarakhand. Located inside Anthropological Survey of India on Hardwar Road, this museum displays items of Central and Western Himalayas are preserved in the museum. Pd. Govind Ballabh Pant Government Museum is another asset of Uttarakhand in Almora. This multi purpose museum was established in the year 1980 and boasts an interesting collection of art and crafts.

Survey Museum of Roorkee is sited inside the campus of University of Roorkee. Maintained by Department of Civil Engineering University, this museum houses old surveying elements of 19th century and modern surveying and mapping equipments. The museums of Uttarakhand are famous for their folk arts, textiles, personal collection of eminent personalities, miniature paintings, woodworks and so on. These museums also boast an assortment of sculptures, terracotta, coins, musical instruments, bronzes, ivory copper plates, beads, manuscripts and many other things.