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Government Museum Wellington House Mysuru

Type of Museum

Archaeological

Year of Establishment

19thDecember 1996

Ownership & Governance

Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage

History/Background

Historical and Archaeological

Measurement

Museum Area 20.90*23.80m Boundary Area-120*90.00m(total area including garden, measurement taken by Google satellite map)

Importance

Museum provides educational information of Culture  &  Tradition  of the land along with the joy to the family & kids who visits the Museum.

Collections

Paintings: Karnataka had developed its own school of Art.  Painting is one of its forms and an interesting section of the Museum. 

The art works consists of Oil paintings, water paintings, photographs, etching paintings on canvas etc.,

 

Paintings displayed in this Museum are typical examples of different varieties.

 

The art works (paintings) depict different varieties ranging from Royal Dynasty of Mysuru, Diwans of Mysuru, two or three famous temples in Karnataka, the paintings of Monolith of Gommateshwara of Shravanbelagola.

 

The paintings on ordinary folks like Vegetable sellers, Traditional kite flying, paintings on common sights like Tanga, stimuli poser of cock, paintings of with statesmen like Jawaharlal Nehru, SardharVallabhabhai Patel, Dr.Radhakrsihnan etc., in Raajghat.  Intimacy of the mother and a child, friends in happy moments.

 

Photographs:

 

Photographs of Mysore Wodeyars period records are displayed

 

Overall, the experience to visit the museum will linger on in the memory of each visitor.

Timing

All days are open from 10:00AM to 05:30PM

Suitable season for visit

All Season

Approach by Air

Mysuru, Bangalore

Approach by Train

Mysuru

Local Transport

Buses, Autorikshas, Taxis etc.

Contact

Curator, Government Museum, Wellington House, Irwin Road, Mysore-570001

Phone: 0821-2442379

email:govtmuseum.amh@gmail.com

 

 

Last Updated: 24-02-2021 12:06 PM Updated By: Approver


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