Tripura State Museum

Tripura Government Museum (State Museum) is important to the tourists, students, general public and research scholars to know about the History & Culture of past and present people of the State.

Housed in a portion of Ujjayanta Palace, the State Museum is a treasure trove of History, Art and Culture of Tripura.

In addition to the factual descriptions there are interesting exhibits in terms of historical artifacts, sculptures, paintings, textiles, local handicrafts, anthropological and geographical models and an exclusive section on Tripura connection of Rabindranath Tagore which make this museum worth visiting.

 If one combines the information gathered from this Museum and that from the Heritage Park in Agartala which has a geographical model called 'Mini Tripura' then one can have a complete idea of Tripura.

Most of the sculptures acquired and displayed so far are from Udaipur, Pilak, Jolaibari and other sites of Triprua. Out of them, the sculptures from Pilak are the exquisite collections, depicting mixed culture of both Hindu and Buddhist pantheon. they are famous itself for the style and variety of theme. The sculptures are mostly dated back to 9th to 13th cent. A. D. Most of the sculptures and made of sand stone and for that the formation of sculpture is very crude in nature.

Low relief Dasavatar panels collected from Radhanagar in the vicinity of Agartala dated back to 18th cent. A. D. are the exquisite pieces of sculpture. From these sculpture we get local influence in their formation, style and anthropomorphic details.

Getting There

Agartala Airport is the nearest airport, Agartala is well connected with Calcutta, Guwahati, Delhi. Kumarghat and Dharama are the nearest railheads. Being the capital city of Tripura it is well connected with roadways and highways.

Contact Information

Address: Dhaleswar, Agartala, Tripura 799001, India

Tel: +91 381 232 6444

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