Mizoram State Museum

Mizoram State Museum
Mizoram State Museum

The Mizoram State Museum is in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. It is an ethnographic museum with multipurpose collections on display. There are five galleries: Textile Gallery, Ethnology, History, Anthropology, Natural History, and Archeology Terrace. The collection occupies four floors.

The museum was established in April 1977 by the Tribal Research Institute under Education Department. In 1989 it came under Art and Culture department, up till now.

The museum was earlier housed in a rented building but on 14 July 1990 it was moved to a new building, at Mc Donald Hill. The museum galleries have undergone a lot of renovation under the care of Indian Museum, Kolkata. Financial assistance was also received from Victoria Memorial, Kolkata.

This museum spells out record of 2500 items, each of which confirms the multifarious past and traditional background of Mizoram. The entire gallery at the ethnological museum is dedicated to tribes of Mizoram.

Timing: Monday - Friday: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm / Saturday: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm. Closed on Sunday.

Getting There

Mizoram State Museum is positioned close to the Chief Minister's Bungalow at Macdonald Hill, Zarkawt.

Aizawl is connected by roads with various major cities of Mizoram. It is connected by road with Silchar through National Highway 54 (NH54), with Agartala through National Highway 40 (NH40) and with Imphal through National Highway 150 (NH150). Various bus routes run within the city along with the taxis that ply the roads, making it very convenient for the locals to travel within the city.

Silchar is the nearest railway station to Aizawl which is only 178 km away from the city. Local trains are also available to Lumding from here. Mizoram state transport buses ply between Aizawl and Silchar daily.

Aizawl is served by Lengpui Airport, located 35 km northwest of the city. Currently Air India are operating scheduled flights daily at Lengpui Airport to Imphal and Kolkata. Jet Airways also provide scheduled flights to Guwahati and Kolkata from this Airport three flights weekly.




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