Ministry of Culture

National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities 3 D Project

Posted On: 20 DEC 2017 3:56PM by PIB Delhi
                                       

 

National Mission on Monuments & Antiquities (NMMA) gets the documentation done through various Data Resource Centers viz. Universities, Institutions, Museums, State Archaeology Departments, Circles of ASI. So far NMMA has documented approx.15 lakh antiquities from different sources. Data of Approx. 2.00 lakhs of Built Heritage & Sites has been listed from Secondary sources in NMMA devised Templates. As per the scheme Circle wise funds are not allocated. However, expenditure is met from budget allocated for ASI.

  
 

 

The Government of Tamil Nadu has allotted 2 Acres of land to ASI to establish a site museum at Keezhadi. 

  

 

 

Standing Committee of Central Advisory Board of Archaeology (SC of CABA) has approved the proposal submitted by the State Archaeological Department, Government of Tamil Nadu for carrying out excavation at Keezhadi during 2017-18 and all expenditure on excavation during current season will be borne by State Govt.

  
 

List of existing 46 Archaeological site Museums under the jurisdiction of ASI is given below:

 

State

Name of the Circle

Sl. No.

Name of the Museums

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad Circle

1.

Archaeological Site Museum, Kondapur

Assam

Guwahati Circle

2.

Archaeological Site Museum, Sri Surya Pahar

Bihar

Patna Circle

3.

Archaeological Site Museum,  Bodhgaya 

4.

Archaeological Site Museum,    Nalanda

5.

Archaeological Site Museum,  Vaishali

6.

Archaeological Site Museum, Vikramshila

Delhi

Delhi Mini Circle

7.

Archaeological Museum, Purana Qila

8.

Archaeological Site Museum, Red Fort 

9.

Archaeological Site Museum, Salimgarh

10.

Indian War Memorial Museum,  Red Fort 

11.

Swatantrata Sangram  Sangrahalya Museum, Red Fort 

Goa

Goa Circle

12.

Archaeological Site Museum, Velha Goa

Gujarat

Vadodara Circle

13.

Archaeological Site Museum, Lothal

14.

Archaeological site Museum, Dholavira

Haryana

Chandigarh Circle

15.

Sheikh Chilli’s Tomb Museum, Thaneswar

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla Circle

16.

Kangra Fort Museum, Kangra

 

State

Name of the Circle

Sl. No.

Name of the Museums

Karnataka

Bangalore Circle

17.

Archaeological Site Museum,  Halebidu

18.

Tipu Sultan Museum, Srirangapattanam

Hampi Mini Circle

19.

Archaeological Site Museum, Kamlapur (Hampi)

Dharwad Circle

20.

Archaeological Site Museum, Aihole

21.

Archaeological Site Museum, Badami

22.

Archaeological Site Museum, Bijapur

Kerala

Thrissur Circle

23.

Mattancherry Palace Museum, Mattancherry

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal Circle

24.

Archaeological Site Museum, Chanderi

25.

Archaeological Site Museum,  Gwalior

26.

Archaeological Site Museum, Khajuraho

27.

Archaeological Site Museum, Sanchi

28.

Archaeological Site Museum,

Shivpuri (to be opened)

Odisha

Bhubaneshwar Circle

29.

Archaeological Site Museum, Konarka

30.

Archaeological Site Museum, Ratnagiri

Punjab

Chandigarh Circle

31.

Archaeological Site Museum, Ropar

Rajasthan

Jodhpur Circle

32.

Archaeological Site Museum, Kalibangan

Jaipur Circle

33.

Deeg Palace Museum

Tamilnadu

Chennai Circle

34.

Fort St. George Museum, Chennai

Telengana

Amravati Circle

35.

Archaeological Site Museum, Amaravati

36.

Archaeological Site Museum, Chandragiri

37.

Archaeological Site Museum, Nagarjunakonda

State

Name of the Circle

Sl. No.

Name of the Museums

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

 

 

Agra Circle

38.

Taj Museum, Agra

39.

Archaeological Site Museum, Fatehpur Sikri

Sarnath Circle

40.

Archaeological Site Museum, Sarnath

Lucknow Circle

41.

1857 Residency Museum, Lucknow

42.

Archaeological Site Museum, Kapilavastu (Piprahwa)

Uttrakhand

Dehradun Circle

43.

Archaeological Site Museum, Jageshwar

West Bengal

Kolkata Circle

44.

Archaeological Site Museum, Tamluq

45.

Archaeological Site Museum, Murshidabad

46.

Koch Bihar Palace Museum, Koch Bihar

 

This information was given by Minister of State (IC) for Culture and Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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