Government Museum, Mathura

Government Museum, Mathura commonly referred as Mathura museum is an archaeological museum in Mathura city of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The museum was founded by then collector of the Mathura district, Sir F. S. Growse in 1874. Initially it was known as Curzon Museum of Archaeology, then Archaeology Museum, Mathura, and finally changed to the Government Museum, Mathura.

Overview

The museum houses artifacts pottery, sculptures, paintings, and coins primarily from in and around Mathura, plus discoveries made by noted colonial archaeologists like Alexander Cunningham, F. S. Growse, and Fuhrer. The museum is famous for ancient sculptures of the Mathura school dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD., during Kushan Empire and Gupta Empire. today it is one of the leading museums of Uttar Pradesh.

The Government of India issued a postage stamp on October 9, 1974 on the centenary of the museum.

Notable collection

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  3000-year-old anthropomorphic copper figure (ACCN 93-51) found at Shahabad, UP

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  Statue of Kanishka I (ca. 127 – ca. 140), Kushan Empire.

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  Head of Buddha. C. 5th Century CE, Chamunda mound, Mathura district

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  Four-armed seated Vishnu in meditation. Mediaeval Period, Pannapur.

See also

• Mathura lion capital

References

• Bharat Online - Mathura Museum

Further reading

• Sharma, R. C. 1976. Mathura Museum and Art. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Government Museum, Mathura.
• Growse, F. S. 1882. Mathura A District Memoir.
• Kumar, Jitendera. Masterpieces Of Mathura Museum. Sundeep Prakashan. ISBN 81-7574-118-X.

External links

• Mathura Museum
• Mathura, a District Memoir