Bangladesh National Museum 5.7

The Bangladesh National Museum, originally established on 20 March 1913, albeit under another name, and formally inaugurated on 7 August 1913, was accorded the status of the national museum of Bangladesh on 17 November 1983. It is located at Shahbag, Dhaka. The museum is well organized and displays have been housed chronologically in several departments like department of ethnography and decorative art, department of history and classical art, department of natural history, and department of contemporary and world civilization. The museum also has a rich conservation laboratory. Nalini Kanta Bhattasali served as the first curartor of the museum duing 1914–1947.Ground floorThe ground floor consists of some old guns at the entrance and the hall where the people book their tickets or assemble to hear the history of the museum. The hall leads to a grand staircase. Beside the hall, there is a smaller room which also acts like the hall (it is also used by the guides to tell the visitors about the history) and a simple staircase.1st floorThe 1st floor is divided into 22 rooms.1st roomThe first room displays a large map showing the map of Bangladesh and its 64 districts.2nd roomThe 2nd room consists of an under going work of a large statue of a royal Bengal tiger.3rd-10th roomThese rooms consist of natural beauties found in Bangladesh. In one of the room there is showcase of a tongue of a whale.10th-22nd roomThe other rooms contain some historic relics of Bengal up to 1900. There is a room which shows the different boats used by the rural people.