Goa State Museum
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Established | 29 September 1977 and in a new building on 18 June 1996 |
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Location | Adil Shah's Palace (Old Secretariat),[1] Panaji, Goa, India |
Coordinates | 15°29′35″N 73°49′59″E / 15.4931401°N 73.8330715°E |
Website | http://goamuseum.gov.in/ |
Goa State Museum, also known as the State Archaeology Museum, Panaji, is a museum in Goa, India. Established in 1977, it contains departments including Ancient History and Archaeology, Art and Craft, and Geology. The museum, as of 2008, had about 8,000 artifacts on display, including stone sculptures, wooden objects, carvings, bronzes, paintings, manuscripts, rare coins, and anthropological objects. Currently, the Museum is located at the Adil Shah's Palace (Old Secretariat) in Panaji.[1] The Museum's erstwhile premises at the EDC Complex in Patto, Panaji shall be demolished to make way for a new Museum building.[2][3][4][5]
The museum was earlier located at the EDC Complex in Patto, Panaji; before that, it was housed at St. Inez, Panaji.[6] Currently, the Museum is located at the Adil Shah's Palace (Old Secretariat) in Panaji.[1] The Museum's erstwhile premises at the EDC Complex in Patto, Panaji shall be demolished to make way for a new Museum building.[2][3][4][5]
History
The museum was created as an Archaeology Museum unit of the Department of Archives in Goa in 1973, opening a small museum in a rented building on 29 September 1977. After building a new museum complex, it was formally inaugurated by the President of India on 18 June 1996.[6][7] The museum's exhibits provide information about the ancient historical and cultural traditions of Goa, which are displayed thematically, to showcase different aspects of the history and culture of Goa.[8][9]
Galleries
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The Goa State Museum has fourteen galleries, arranged thematically, which are the: Sculpture Gallery, Christian Art Gallery, Printing History Gallery, Banerji Art Gallery, Religious Expression Gallery, Cultural Anthropology, Contemporary Art Gallery, Numismatics Gallery, Goa's Freedom Struggle Gallery, Menezes Braganza Gallery, Furniture Gallery, Natural Heritage of Goa Gallery, Environment & Development Gallery, and Geology Gallery.[7] The museum has about 8,000 artifacts representing all regions of India, as well as 645 objects borrowed from the Institute Menezes Braganza Art Gallery and the Kala Academy.[6]
Art
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The Sculpture Gallery predominantly exhibits artifacts of
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In the Christian Art Gallery, there are many types of wooden sculptures of saints, and devotional paintings and some wooden furniture of the colonial period. There are also exhibits of Jain busts, three large raised works of art in relief, busts of Luís de Camões, Afonso de Albuquerque, and Dom João de Castro, which was earlier on the walls of the Municipal Gardens.[10]
The Banerji Art Gallery has number of exhibits gifted to the museum by
An exhibit within the Contemporary Art Gallery includes a pair of an antique rotary lottery machines.[8] These were known as Provedoria lottery machines manufactured in Lisbon. A few pictures also display the procedure for operating these machines.[12] They have thousands of wooden balls, and the first lottery draw is stated to have been held in 1947. There are many miniature paintings from different regions of India.[10] The gallery has paintings and sculptures of Goan and Indian artists such as R. Chimulkar, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza, M. F. Hussain, K. H. Ara and many more which have been borrowed from the Kala Academy and Institute of Menezes Braganza. A flag which marks Portuguese victory over the Dutch is also on display.[6]
Menezes Braganza Gallery contains contemporary Goan and Indian art,[10] as well as portrait pictures of Portuguese Governors of Goa and Prime Ministers.[6]
Science
The Environment & Development Gallery has cultural exhibits from many villages of Goa.[10] The Geology Gallery has a fossil bone dated 10,000 BC.[6]
Others
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The Religious Expression Gallery has a highly impressive sculpture of
The Numismatics Gallery has a display of Portuguese-era coins.[8] The Furniture Gallery contains an intricately carved table and high-backed chairs which was part of the Portuguese Inquisition held in Goa of the 16th century. The legs of the table have carved lions and an eagle in one half and four figures of human beings in the other half.[8][10] Furniture exhibits include a chair of the Portuguese Governor General, a sofa set with inlay work in ivory, ivory images of small size, chest of drawers and some western style furniture.[6] In this gallery the prominent exhibit is of an intricately carved wooden chariot of the 18th century used in festivals.[8][10]
Gallery
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Old Printing Press
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Plates used for printing on newspapers and books
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Sculpture Gallery
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Rare Portuguese Era Notes
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Artifacts on display
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A figurine
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Artifact from Portuguese Era
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Adil Shah palace crowded, 18th century artefacts left on road - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ^ a b Sayed, Nida (10 May 2017). "Goa state museum gears up to shift to Adil Shah palace". Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Goa state museum closed for visitors - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ^ a b "With 80% of artefacts packed, Goa state museum set to move - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
- ^ a b "Goa Museum - Government of Goa". goamuseum.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "State Archaeology Museum, Panaji". Goa Tourism, Government of Goa. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b "About Us". Directorate of Museum, Government of Goa. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Thomas & Karafin 2009, p. 114.
- ^ "Home". Official website of the Museum. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Harding 2003, p. 116.
- ^ Mitragotri 1999, p. 122.
- ^ McCulloch & Stott 2013, p. 57.
- ^ Malekandathil 2010, p. 27.
Bibliography
- Harding, Paul (2003). Goa. Melbourne London: ISBN 978-1-74059-139-3.
- McCulloch, Victoria; Stott, David (30 October 2013). Goa (with Mumbai). Bath: )
- Malekandathil, Pius (2010). Maritime India: Trade, Religion and Polity in the Indian Ocean. Delhi: Primus Book. ISBN 978-93-80607-01-6.
- Mitragotri, Vithal Raghavendra (1999). A socio-cultural history of Goa from the Bhojas to the Vijayanagara. Institute Menezes Braganza.
- Thomas, Amelia; Karafin, Amy (2009). Goa and Mumbai. Vic. Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74104-894-0.
External links
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