Kushtia Municipal Museum

Kushtia Municipal Museum is a museum located in Kushtia city. The museum started its journey on 24 December 1997. Prasanta Chatterjee, the then Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, inaugurated the museum. Earlier the museum was the kachari house of zamindar Satish Saha of Kushtia.

Kushtia Municipal Museum
কুষ্টিয়া পৌর জাদুঘর

The main building of the museum
Former name	Kachari house of Satish Saha
Established	December 24, 1997 (1997-12-24)
Location	Girjanath Majumdar Road, Kushtia, Bangladesh
Coordinates	23.9102980°N 89.1222665°E / 23.9102980; 89.1222665
Type	Archeology museum

Location

The museum is located in the Kushtia Municipality office in the Majampur area of Kushtia City. of building-

• On the east side is the sculpture of Vijay Ullas.
• Kushtia Municipal Building is located on the west side.
• Kushtia District Shilpakala Academy is located on the south side.
• On the north side is the Mohammad Abdur Rahim Auditorium.

History

The museum was formerly the Kachari house of Satish Saha. He used to conduct his zamindari activities here. The building was built during the British period but the exact year of construction is not known. The building was used as the office of Kushtia Municipality from 1966-1997. The museum was established in the building on 24 December 1997.

Structure of the museum building

The museum building is single storeyed. The building is built in European architecture. However, the design of the crown and parapet above the pediment of the building is Indian style

Collection

The museum has paper currency of 15 countries, British period of India , Mughal and Sultanate period metal coins, terracotta artefacts, terracotta plaques used in the decoration of various temples, black granite stone Krishnamurti, small twin idols, a black stone plate and a pot. A century-old calling bell, a cast-stone jaanta, a pocket watch, a haman dasta, an old computer, several newspapers of Bangladesh's independence war and a total of 32 bound photographs of famous people of Kushtia district are housed in the museum.

Gallery

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Further reading

• Md. Rezaul Karim (December 2022). কুষ্টিয়ার প্রত্ননিদর্শন [Archeology of Kushtia] (in Bengali) (1st ed.). 38/2k (ক) Banglabazar, Dhaka 1100: Gatidhara [গতিধারা]. pp. 68–72. ISBN 978-984-8950-41-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)