Musa Dakri Museum

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Musa Dakri Museum
Established2014
Location Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

The Musa Dakri Museum is a museum at the Aligarh Muslim University. [1] It is housed in the Kennedy Hall. [2]

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History

The Nizam Museum was the first museum at the university. The Sir Syed Archaeology museum was established in the 1950s. [3]

The Musa Dakri Museum was established by the merger of these collections in 2014. It was named after Musa Dakri, who donated US$500,000 to the university. [4] [5] Some artefacts went missing in 2014, when they were to be shifted. [6]

Collections

An inscription from the reign of Balban is housed here. [3]

This gallery contains artefacts excavated from Atranji Kheda. [3] [7]

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