Karnataka Government Museum

Karnataka Government Museum is a museum in , , . Karnataka Government Museum is situated nearby to , as well as near .
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “Balfour’s House of Fun” and “Mysore Government Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum and Museum of Art & Photography.

Museum
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The , Bangalore, India, a constituent unit of the National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, was established in memory of Sir M.

Museum
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The Museum of Art and Photography is a private art museum based in Bangalore, India that is a custodian to a collection of Indian art, textiles, photography, craft, and design objects spanning from the twelfth century to the present. is situated 120 metres east of Karnataka Government Museum.

Park
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, officially Sri Chamarajendra Park, is a landmark park in Bengaluru, located in the heart of the city in the Central Business District. Originally created in 1870 under Major General Richard Sankey, then British Chief Engineer of Mysore State, it covered an area of 100 acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangalore and Richmond Town.

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, also known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the state of . It is a large, cosmopolitan city with a large working population. is the major centre of India's information technology industry and is known worldwide as the "Silicon Valley of India".

Suburb
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, is a neighbourhood in central Bangalore. It is named after Thomas Richmond, a barrister in the British India government. "He was an Anglo-Indian philanthropist and the president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association.

Suburb
is a locality situated in . It is a bustling neighbourhood of Central Bengaluru.

Karnataka Government Museum

Latitude
12.97482° or 12° 58′ 29″ north
Longitude
77.59582° or 77° 35′ 45″ east
Inception
1877
Open location code
7J4VXHFW+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 52032467
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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In Other Languages

“Karnataka Government Museum” goes by many names.
  • Kannada: “ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಲಯ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Venkatappa Art Gallery and MAP Library.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Museum Canteen and Kasturba Road.

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