Musa Dakri Museum

Musa Dakri Museum

Musa Dakri Museum (2023)
Established	2014
Location	Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

The Musa Dakri Museum is a museum at the Aligarh Muslim University.^[1] It is housed in the Kennedy Hall.^[2]

History

The Nizam Museum was the first museum at the university. The Sir Syed Archaeology museum was established in the 1950s.^[3]

The Musa Dakri Museum was established by the merger of these collections in 2014. It was named after Musa Dakri, who donated US$500,000 to the university.^[4][5] Some artefacts went missing in 2014, when they were to be shifted.^[6]

Collections

Sir Syed Gallery

An inscription from the reign of Balban is housed here.^[3]

R. C. Gaur Gallery

This gallery contains artefacts excavated from Atranji Kheda.^[3][7]

References

1. "AMU: मूसा डाकरी संग्रहालय में है लकड़ी का जहाज, दो हजार साल पुरानी गौतम बुद्ध की दुर्लभ प्रतिमा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
2. "Musa Dakri Museum". Aligarh Muslim University.
3. "The History and Development of University Museum of AMU: MUSA DAKRI MUSEUM" (PDF).
4. "AMU to set up world class museum". Business Standard. 4 July 2014.
5. "Alumni shower donations, AMU set to take up new projects". The Indian Express. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
6. "5000 years old artefacts go missing from AMU's archaeology section". The Times of India. 24 April 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
7. "एएमयू : मूसा डाकरी संग्रहालय में हैं सैकड़ों साल पुराने बर्तन, खिलौने, चाकू". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 August 2023.

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