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Cubbon Park
Named after the former British commissioner Sir Mark Cubbon, the 120-hectare Cubbon Park is where the city breathes. Inside and on its fringes you'll find the red-painted Gothic-style State Central Library, two municipal museums, an art gallery and a bleak Government Aquarium.
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Government Museum & Venkatappa Art Gallery
The Government Museum houses a drably presented collection of stone carvings and relics, as well as some good pieces from Halebid. Your ticket is also valid for the attached Venkatappa Art Gallery, home to the surreal watercolour landscapes of Sri K Venkatappa (1887-1962), court painter to the Wodeyars
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Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat
The Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat visual-arts gallery is Bengaluru's best. You'll see a wide range of Indian and international contemporary art, as well as the lavish gold-leaf work of Mysore-style paintings, and folk and tribal art from across the continent. There are also galleries devoted to Russian master Nicholas Roerich, whose vividly colourful paintings of the Himalayas are outstanding, and his son Svetoslav, who settled in India.
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Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technical Museum
The mechanically minded will find plenty of interest at the quirky Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technical Museum, which includes all manner of electrical and engineering displays, from a replica of the Wright brothers' 1903 flyer to 21st-century virtual-reality games.
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