Goa State Museum
Visitors entering Goa State Museum, May 2008 | |
| Established | 29 September 1977 and in a new building on 18 June 1996 |
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| Location | Adil Shah's Palace (Old Secretariat), Panaji, Goa, India |
| Coordinates | 15°29′35″N 73°49′59″E / 15.4931401°N 73.8330715°E |
| Website | http://goamuseum.gov.in/ |
Goa State Museum, also known as the State Archaeology Museum, Panaji, is a museum in Goa, India. Established in 1977, it contains departments including Ancient History and Archaeology, Art and Craft, and Geology. The museum, as of 2008, had about 8,000 artifacts on display, including stone sculptures, wooden objects, carvings, bronzes, paintings, manuscripts, rare coins, and anthropological objects. Currently, the Museum is located at the Adil Shah's Palace (Old Secretariat) in Panaji. The Museum's erstwhile premises at the EDC Complex in Patto, Panaji shall be demolished to make way for a new Museum building.
The museum was earlier located at the EDC Complex in Patto, Panaji; before that, it was housed at St. Inez, Panaji. Currently, the Museum is located at the Adil Shah's Palace (Old Secretariat) in Panaji. The Museum's erstwhile premises at the EDC Complex in Patto, Panaji shall be demolished to make way for a new Museum building.