Bapu Museum | |
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![]() Facade of the Bapu Museum | |
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Coordinates | 16°30′29″N 80°37′41″E / 16.508°N 80.628°E |
Created | 1887 |
Operated by | Department of Aaarchaeology & Museums[1] |
Status | opened[2] |
The Bapu Museum (formerly: Victoria Jubilee Museum) is an archaeological museum, located at M. G. Road of Vijayawada.[3] It was renamed in the memory of the renowned film director, illustrator, cartoonist and author Bapu.[4] The museum is maintained by the Archaeological department and has large collection of sculptures, paintings and artifacts of Buddhist and Hindu relics, with some of them as old as 2nd and 3rd Centuries. The structure of building is an Indo-European style of architectural and is more than a hundred years old structure.[5]