Bangabandhu Military Museum

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Bangladesh Military Museum
বাংলাদেশ সামরিক জাদুঘর
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Bangabandhu Military Museum
Established1987
Location Bijoy Sarani Avenue, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Coordinates 23°45′50″N90°23′09″E / 23.7638°N 90.3858°E / 23.7638; 90.3858
TypeMilitary
Curator Bangladesh Army
Website Official Website

Bangladesh Military Museum, officially named as Bangabandhu Military Museum is a military museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Administered by the Bangladesh Army, the museum is located right beside the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre at Bijoy Sarani of the capital Dhaka. [1] [2] [3] The museum has a collection of Bangladesh's military history, heritage, success stories and various weapons and ammunition. [4] [5] [6] It is now most popular to the young generation and also to the ll ages people. [7]

Contents

History

The museum was established in 1987. It was permanently moved in its current location at Bijoy Sarani in 1999. [8] It has a collection of vehicles and weapons rescued from the then Pakistani army after the Liberation war of Bangladesh. [9]

Design and layout

The museum is a joint venture project of, Ali Imam (Architect), Bayejid Mahbub Khondker (Architect), Nakshabid Architects (an architectural consultancy firm), Design Work Group (DWG), Mukta Dinwiddie Maclaren Architects (MDM) combinedly worked on the museum's interior and exterior. [10]

The museum is divided in to six sections, including the Bangladesh History Gallery on the ground floor, Bangladesh Army Gallery on the 2nd floor, Bangladesh Air Force gallery on the 3rd floor, UN Peacekeeping Gallery on the 4th floor, and Bangladesh Navy Gallery at the basement.

There is also a separate museum named "Toshakhana Jadughor" within the museum complex, where gifts and awards received by the country's important personnel are showcased. [11]

There is also a grand sculpture in the middle of the "Toshakhana Jadughor" and all the artefacts see showcased around it in a corkscrew pattern.

The museum also has a wide implementation of Augmented Reality, Interactive Displays, Virtual Reality, Holograms etc. It also has a private movie theater called Star Cineplex. [12]

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The site map/layout at the Bangladesh Military Museum

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