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Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
The Bophal-based Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is dedicated to preserving and promoting traditional Indian arts and culture. The Mysore branch functions primarily as a cultural centre and exhibition space showcasing arts from rural India. Monthly demonstrations and lectures are open to the public, as are workshops, which are usually two-week courses in a traditional art form. The museum has excellent rotating exhibitions and a good souvenir shop.
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Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery
The Jaganmohan Palace, just west of the Maharaja's Palace, houses the Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery, which has a collection of kitsch objects and memorabilia from the Wodeyars, including weird and wonderful musical machines, rare instruments, Japanese art, and paintings by Raja Ravi Varma. Built in 1861, the palace served as a royal auditorium.
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Jayalakshmi Vilas Complex Museum
Inside the Mysore University Campus, 3km west of the city centre, the Jayalakshmi Vilas Complex Museum is housed in a grand mansion and specialises in folklore. Displays include a wooden puppet of the 10-headed demon Ravana, leather shadow puppets, rural costumes, a 300-year-old temple cart and a stuffed tiger bearing a portrait of a past maharaja framed with elephant tusks!
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Rail Museum
To see how Indian royals travelled in days past, pop into the Rail Museum behind the train station, where you can inspect the Mysore maharani's saloon, a wood-panelled beauty dating from 1899. There are also five steam engines, each with its own story.
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