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HISTORY

Barendra Museum was the first Museum to be established in Bangladesh in 1910. The museum started out as the collection for ''Barendra Anushandhan Samiti'' or ''Barendra Investigation Society'' and got its current name in 1919. The Zamindars of Rajshahi and Natore, notably Kumar Sharat Kumar Ray, donated their personal collections to Barendra Museum.

Excavation at Sompur Bihara was started by the society along with Calcutta University in 1923. In 1964, the museum became a part of Rajshahi University .


COLLECTION

  • ''Gallery One'' has collections from the Indus civilization, and some of its 265 items from Sompur. It also contains old Sanskrit , Arabic and Persian scripts.


  • ''Gallery Two'' has Buddhist and Hindu stone sculptures and modern wood sculptures.


  • ''Gallery Three'' and ''Gallery Four'' display stone sculptures of Hindu gods and goddesses.


  • ''Gallery Five'' offers mostly Buddhist sculpture.


  • ''Gallery Six'' shows Arabic. Persian, Sanskrit and old Bangla stone inscriptions and sculptured stones of the Muslim period.


  • A recent gallery has been added displaying the indigenous and tribal culture of Rajshahi region.