Mizoram_State_Museum

Mizoram State Museum

Mizoram State Museum

Ethnographic museum in Mizoram, India

The Mizoram State Museum is in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. It is an ethnographic museum with multipurpose collections on display. There are five galleries: Textile Gallery, Ethnology, History, Anthropology, Natural History, and an Archaeology Terrace. The collection occupies four floors.

Quick Facts Established, Location ...

The museum was established in April 1977[1] by the Tribal Research Institute under Education Department. From 1989, it came under Art and Culture department. The museum was earlier housed in a rented building but on 14 July 1990 it was moved to a new building, at Mc Donald Hill. The museum galleries have undergone a lot of renovation under the care of Indian Museum, Kolkata. Financial assistance was also received from Victoria Memorial, Kolkata.[2]

Some artifacts from the museum
  • Model of Mizo house
  • Mizo traditional costumes (left: male; right: female)
  • Young men studying near their bachelor dormitory
  • Mizo folk musical instruments
  • A knife (called dao) specially made for chopping off heads of killed enemies

References

  1. [1]
    "Art & Culture Department, Government of Mizoram". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    "General information about the Mizoram State Museum, Aizawl" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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