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The Victoria Jubilee Museum
is an archaeological museum located on Bander Road of Vijayawada, Andhra
Pradesh, India. The museum is maintained by the Archaeological
department and has large collection of sculptures, paintings and
artifacts of Buddhist and Hindu relics, with some of them as old as 2nd
and 3rd Centuries. The structure of building is an Indo-European style
of architectural and is more than a hundred years old structure.
The museum was created as part of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee
of Queen Victoria in 1887. The foundation stone was laid by Robert
Sewell, District Collector of Krishna district, on 27 June 1887. Sri
Pingali Venkayya presented a tri-colour flag to Mahatma Gandhi at this
location in 1921.
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The building initially
housed industrial exhibitions. It was converted to an archaeological
museum under the auspices of the Department of Archaeology and Museums,
Government of Andhra Pradesh, in 1962.
Talleries in the Museum are Pre Proto Historic Gallery, Painting Terra
Cottas, Bronzes, Bidri Ware, Coins, copper plate inscriptions, Porcelain
& Celadon ware, Enamel Ware, Portrait wall, Queen Victoria, napoleon
Bonaparte, Madaonna Della Codellino, Mother Mary Adoring Christ,
Rembrandt, Rubens Self Portrait, Annexure Gallery, Arms & Armour, Origin
of arms and armour, Bows, arrows and quivers, Swords, Daggers, Body
armour, Shields, Fire arms, Ornamentation, Sculpture Garden.
Timings : 10.30 Am to 5.00 PM
Closed : Fridays & Public Holidays
How to
reach
Vijayawada Airport (IATA: VGA, ICAO: VOBZ) is a public domestic
airport, situated at a distance of 18 kilometers from Vijayawada.
One can easily reach Victoria Jubilee Museum from the city by taking local Buses,
Rickshaws, Tongas and Taxis.
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