Jai Karnataka

The Museums of Karnataka

The Museums of Karnataka
Page Last Updated: June 16,2008

Potpourri of Pictures taken in various museums of Karnataka

• The Shashwati Women's Museum -- Painstakingly collected artifacts of women's art and life at the N.M.K.R.V. College

• The Janapada Folkart Museum at the Mysore University

• Rare Manuscripts Collection at the Bangalore University

• Keladi Museum Collection

• Great Works of Art at the Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery

• Collections of Shirali Museum, Shirali

• Jaina Fine Art Archives from Shravanabelagola

• M. Govind Pai Memorial Museum

• K. Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore

Many of the artifacts whose pictures are listed above, are not on public display and you might have  to contact the Trustees of the respective museums to study them. Other rare pictures from our Timeless Theater archives include precious manuscripts of Jainism, pictures from Hindu monasteries (muthas), pictures of great works of Indian art seized by the Government from smugglers, and pictures from private collections. We encourage the readers to dig deep into the site to see these gems.