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Photo: Photo by Aryan Dixit via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Founded in the 1860s, one of India's oldest museums keeps Indus Valley artefacts, Hoysala sculpture and even Egyptian mummies.
The Government Museum in Bengaluru, established in 1866, is one of the oldest museums in India, housing archaeological finds, sculptures, coins and inscriptions spanning prehistoric to medieval periods of Karnataka's history. Its collection includes Indus Valley artefacts, Hoysala and Chalukya sculptures, and Egyptian mummies acquired in the 19th century. The red-brick building itself is a heritage structure in the Indo-Saracenic style. It sits opposite Cubbon Park in the city's cultural precinct.
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A Windsor Castle look-alike in the heart of Bengaluru, still privately owned by the Wadiyar royal family.
A decommissioned MiG-21 and an HF-24 Marut tell the story of the aircraft India built for itself.
Several hundred preserved human brains, among the largest such collections in Asia, help show what neurological and psychiatric conditions do.