Patna Museum

About this place

Patna Museum is a major attraction for tourists. Patna museum has a large collection of items found in excavation at Patna and nearby places. The museum houses a wide collection of stone and bronze sculptures and terracotta figures of Hindu and Buddhist artists. These artefacts belong to the ancient and medieval phase of Indian history. The famous terracotta figurine, Didarganj Yakshi, is housed in the Patna museum. Housed in a majestic heritage building, this museum contains a splendid collection of Mauryan and Gupta stone sculptures, some beautiful bronze Buddhist statuary, 2000-year-old terracotta figurines and a gallery of wonderful Rajasthani miniatures. The fabulous collection of Tibetan thangkas (scroll paintings) brought to India by the scholar and traveller Rahul Sankrityayan in the early 20th century is also housed here at Patna museum. Upstairs in a locked gallery you can glimpse a tiny casket believed to contain some of Buddha’s ashes that were retrieved from Vaishali.