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Museums in Uttar Pradesh
Bharat Kala Bhavan Varanasi
 Bharat
Kala Bhavan lies within the sprawling grounds of Banaras Hindu
University. Its outstanding collection of sculpture, painting and
textiles began with the private collection of the enlightened Rai
Krishnadasa. The sculpture collection includes terracotta and clay
objects. Ancient terracotta varing from ritual icons to toys to
utilitarian objects date to the Indus Valley Civilisation, Mauryan,
Sunga and Gupta periods. Among the stone sculptures are red
sandstone reliefs from the 2nd century B.C, Buddhist stupa at
Bharhut and rare image and statues from well known schools like
Gandhara, which saw the synthesis of Greek and Indian styles and
Mathura, a powerful art centre during the Kushana period. The large
and impressive collection of textiles contain precious example of
Banaras silk and brocades, embroidered shawls from Kashmir and the
rare Chamba rumals, once used to wrap ceremonial gifts and
offering were richly embroidered pieces with designs and stories
from the life of Krishna Address :- Bharat Kala Bhavan Banaras
Hindu University Varanasi.
State Museum Lucknow
A multipurpose museum with sculptures, bronzes, paintings, natural
history and anthropological specimens, coins, textiles and
decorative arts. Rare stone sculptures include the earliest image of
Balarama and a panchmukhi shivalinga (both 2nd century B.C),
and a statue of Saraswati, again reputed to be the earliest
depiction (2nd century A.D).
Address :- State Museum Banarasi Bagh in Lucknow.
Archaeological Museum
Sarnath
Sarnath, where the Buddha delivered his first sermon more than 2500
years ago, has a site museum whose prize exhibit is the enormous
lion capitals(2.31m). Now the emblem of Independence India, the
capital once surmounted an Ashokan pillar erected to mark the
spotwhere the Budhha preached There are many other Buddha and
budhisattava figures on view. Among these the most outstanding
Gupta periods with hand rised on Abhaya or
protection.
Government Museum
Mathura
The rich
treasure of antiquarian values unearthed by Cunnigham, Growse,
Fuhrer and others formed the nucleus of this museum. The museum was
founded by the collector, F.S. Growse in 1874. The collections were
shifted to the present building in 1930. Regional in character its
scope was limited primarily to the archeological finds from the
Mathura region. The vast collection includes stone sculptures, bas
reliefs, architectural fragments, inscriptions of various faiths and
creeds, coins, terracotta, inscribed bricks, pottery pieces, clay
seals, bronze objects and paintings. The museum has the richest and
by far the most important collection of the Mathura School of
Sculptures of 3rd century B.C - 12th century A.D.
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