page_title: Government Museum, Mathura
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Government Museum, Mathura / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: DPD/Aug.49, A04dThe archeological museum, Mathura. One of the best celebrated of India’s museums. This contains a rich collection of sculptures, inscriptions and other antiquities of the historic district of Mathura which was the birthplace and the scene of the activities of Lord Krishna during the early part of his life. Photo Number:-10794
context_page_description: Government Museum, Mathura commonly referred as Mathura museum is an archaeological museum in Mathura city of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The museum was founded by then collector of the Mathura district, Sir F. S. Growse in 1874. Initially it was known as Curzon Museum of Archaeology, then Archaeology Museum, Mathura, and finally changed to the Government Museum, Mathura.
context_section_description: The museum houses artifacts pottery, sculptures, paintings, and coins primarily from in and around Mathura, plus discoveries made by noted colonial archaeologists like Alexander Cunningham, F. S. Growse, and Fuhrer.
  The museum is famous for ancient sculptures of the Mathura school dating from 3rd century BC to 12th century AD., during Kushan Empire and Gupta Empire. today it is one of the leading museums of Uttar Pradesh.
  The Government of India issued a postage stamp on 9 October 1974 on the centenary of the museum.
caption: The museum in 1949
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