Established | 2014 |
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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]
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]
An inscription from the reign of Balban is housed here.[3]
This gallery contains artefacts excavated from Atranji Kheda.[3][7]