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Andhra Pradesh Museums

A.P.State Museum, Hyderabad
A visit to the Andhra Pradesh State Museum is a delight for art lovers. Located in the picturesque Public Gardens, the museum boasts of one of the richest repositories of antiques.

Amaravati Museum, Amaravati
The collection includes the antiquities from other Buddhist sites in Andhra Pradesh belonging to the 3rd Century BC to about the 12th Century AD, a gold necklace from Gummadidurru, relic-caskets.

Bhagavan Mahavir Government Museum, Cuddapah
A museum of historical and archeological significance is the Bhagavan Mahavir Government Museum in Cuddapah.

District Archeological Museum, Nizamabad
The District Archeological Museum houses number of artefacts and anthiquities representing the evolutions of human civilisation right from Paleolithic to Asafjahi times.

Kolanupaka Museum, Kolanupaka
Kolanupaka came into prominence when it was made the capital of the Kalyani Chalukyas in the 11th century AD.

Kondapur
Kondapur was a very important Buddhist center of the Satavahana period(2ndCentury B.B - 2nd Century A.D) . Lead coins of the Satavahana kings were discovered here.

Nagarjuna Konda Museum, Nagarjunasagar
The finds of Nagarjuna valley are housed in a museum specially designed in the model of Buddhist Vihara.

The Nizam's Museum, Hyderabad
Located in the stately Purani Haveli, the palace acquired around the year 1750 by the second Nizam is now converted into a museum with a fascinating collection.

The Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
This museum houses one of the biggest one-man collections of antiques of the world by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III.

Victoria Jubilee Museum, Vijayawada
The Museum of the Archaeological Department situated on
Bandar Road contains beautiful sculptures and attractive paintings worth seeing.