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The
Museums
Punjab museums possess an extensive range of paintings and
sculptures by contemporary Indian artists as well as a collection of
Indian miniatures of the Mughal Rajsathani, Pahari and Sikh schools. The
museums also house a fine collection of medals, arm and armours, objects
of princely states with sections on Archaeology, Anthropology, Tribal
and folk arts depicting different concepts and scopes in the patterns of
Art and Culture.
Amritsar, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum
Ram
Bagh. Matchless collection of paintings, arms
and armours. manuscript and coins of 18th and 19th Century. There are
three Art Galleries too, in the city one attached to the Golden Temple,
the other to Jallianwala Bagh and the third named after the city's
famous artist, Thakar Singh.
Sanghol Museum
Fatehgarh Sahib. Repository of archaeological finds of Punjab's
ancient civilisation. 40 Km from Chandigarh on Chandigarh-Ludhiana road.
One of the most important monument here is a Stupa with Budhist Monastry
dating back to Ist -2nd century.
Angol Sikh War Memorial,
Ferozeshah
Ferozepur, contains
portraits of historical personalities, paintings, depicting scenes of
battles of the Anglo-Sikh Wars. Poetic couplets of the contemporary poet
Shah Muhammad are also embossed on the walls of the memorial which
describe the detail of the battles in Punjabi language.
Govt.
Museum
Hoshiarpur contains fossils and rare sculptures
collected from the archaeological site of
Dholbaha, dating back to the
stone age. The rare relics collected here are of an astonishing variety.
They are also in good shape.
Rural Museum, Punjab Agricultural
University
Ludhiana contains
exotic exhibits of the
faded and fading aspects of
the rural
Punjabi culture. Rare
relics of the
era gone by, its arts,handicrafts, modes of eking out a living make the
finest of displays.
Qila Mubarak
Patiala,
Museum of Armoury & Chaneliers
The Darbar Hall contains rare cannons, swords, shields and maces,
daggers of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, sword of Nadar Shah etc.and rich
collection of Chandeliers from Europe- one of the best collections in
the world.
Art Gallery
at Sheesh Mahal
Patiala,
contains a rare collection of miniature paintings and paintings in
Kangra, Rajasthan and Patiala styles, special section on Tibetan Arts
and Artifacts etc. and its Medal Gallery contains the world's largest
collection of Medals and decorations.
Sports Museum, National Institute of Sports,
Patiala
one of the few
exhibition centres of its type, contains rare photographs, medals and
kits etc. of the great Indian sportsmen. It is set in the sylvan
surroundings of Moti Bagh Palace.
Guru Teg Bahadur Museum
Anandpur Sahib,
Ropar, depicts the saga of Sikh
history. Its paintings have been done by leading contemporary artist of
Punjab.
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