Museum sights in Karnataka
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Government Museum
The Government Museum to the south of Cubbon Park houses a collection of stone carvings and relics, including some good pieces from Halebid. Your ticket also gets you into the attached Venkatappa Art Gallery, where you can see several works and personal memorabilia of K Venkatappa (1887–1962), court painter to the Wodeyars.
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Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
A branch of the Bhopal-based Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, this museum functions primarily as a cultural centre and exhibition space showcasing arts from rural India. Housing excellent rotating exhibitions and a souvenir shop, the centre organises two-week workshops in traditional art forms, which are open to the public.
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Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technical Museum
For the gadget-oriented kind, the Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technical Museum showcases a wide range of electrical and engineering displays, from a replica of the Wright brothers’ 1903 flyer to 21st-century virtual-reality games.
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Jayalakshmi Vilas Complex Museum
This museum, housed in a grand mansion, specialises in folklore. A wooden puppet of the 10-headed demon Ravana, leather shadow puppets, rural costumes and a 300-year-old temple cart are part of its curious collection.
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Archaeological Museum
The archaeological museum has well-displayed collections of sculptures from local ruins, Neolithic tools, 16th-century weaponry and a large floor model of the Vijayanagar ruins.
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