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[name] => Bir Sreshtho Mohammad Ruhul Amin Library & Museum
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Ruhul Amin (Bengali: রুহুল আমিন), better known as Shaheed Mohammad Ruhul Amin, was an engine room artificer in the Bangladesh Navy who was posthumously awarded the nation's highest bravery award for his service during the Liberation War. The Bangladesh Navy warship BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin is named after him.
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[name] => Taka Museum
[post_id] => 10111
[post_link] => http://offroadbangladesh.com/places/taka-museum/
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Currency Museum is located at Mirpur beside Bangladesh Bank Training Academy. This project is taken regarding the enlargement of the currency museum into money museum. The country’s eminent artists, architects and historians have worked together for the museum along with the central bank to make it launch.
Museum authority has collected local and foreign coins and banknotes in different ways to enrich this museum. The museum has now thousands of coins and notes from the Pala, Sena, Gupta, Sultani, Mughal and British periods. About 2500 coins and notes found in Wari-Bateshwar of Narsingdi will be reserved in this Museum. Bangladesh Numismatic Collectors’ Society handed over 100 coins of different eras to the Currency Museum of Bangladesh Bank.
The historically significant deposited coins included 48 of the Alauddin Hossain Shah era, 29 of Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah, four of Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, five of Sikandar Shah, three of Giasuddin Azam Shah, three of Rukunuddin Barbak Shah, two of Nasiruddin Mahmud, one of Mahmud Shah, one of Shahjahan, two of Badsha Alamgir , one of Islam Shah and one of the Shah Alam era.
A museum, first of its kind in Bangladesh, will help young people to know about the currency’s history and its evolution. Not only the history of Money, this museum will also help people to get acquainted with the lifestyle, education, culture and various aspects of archaeological evolution of human civilization through coins and currencies of different eras.
It showcases coins and banknotes, which are witnesses to history, to uphold the history and heritage before the present and future generations. Efforts are already on to collect old coins and install digital signage, touch screens, LCD monitors etc to equip the ‘Taka Museum’ into a modern, prosperous, state of the art, rich in information and technology-based museum.It has been established with modern technology to attract visitors.
The Governor, Expressed his appreciation in people of the society who are coming forward to enrich the collections of the Taka Museum of the bank, Dr Atiur Rahman said those institutions and individuals who would handover old coins as presents to the museum would be gladly accepted and the presenters would be properly recognized.
Background History: A currency museum was set up in the Bangladesh Bank in 2009, which was displaying currencies of almost all countries of the world. Initiatives had been taken to expand this museum to open the 'Taka Jadhughar’. At the end, the central bank's existing currency museum is being restructured as the 'Taka Jadughar'. The restructuring of the 'Taka Jadhughar' took place on the premises of Bangladesh Bank Training Institute at Mirpur. Along with this, the central bank is collecting obsolete coins and banknotes to exhibit in the gallery.
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[name] => Rabindranath Tagore's Kacharibari
[post_id] => 3076
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It was the parental Zamidari house of Rabindranath Tagore. It contains belongings of the famous poet such as dishes, bathtubs, hookahs, piano, sofa, metal vessels etc. The musical instruments present there such as piano are damaged and not used now. It is now used as a museum. It is frequently visited by many. There is lack of space and no parking facilities. There are a lot of cracks in the building which might be a source of concern for the tourists.
Shajadpur Rabindra Kachari Bari is a two-storied building situated in Shahjadpur of Sirajgonj district. The building itself is historic structure due to its relation with Novel levrest Rabindra Nath Tagore. A number of objects belonging to Tagor's personal life are now on its display.
Shajadpur Rabindra Kachari Bari is a two-storied building situated in Shahjadpur of Sirajgonj district. The building itself is historic structure due to its relation with Novel leverets Rabindra Nath Tagore. A number of objects belonging to Tagor's personal life are now on its display. Visiting hours for museums: 1st April to 30th September: Tuesday to Saturday: (10 am to 6 pm & Leisure: 1 pm to 1.30 pm) Friday: 10 am to 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm to 6pm Monday: 2.30 pm to 6 pm 1st October to 30th March Tuesday to Saturday: (9 am to 5 pm & Leisure: 1 pm to 1.30 pm) Friday: 9 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm Monday: 1.30 pm to 5pm.
Source: LGED website
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[post_id] => 18719
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Khulna Museum is the Divisional Museum in Khulna, situated in the Shibbari Mor/KDA Avenue area at Khulna City. Established by the department of Archaeology in 1998, this museum mainly shows the different earthen and pottery samples. However, there is a gallery to display the mythological characters of Hinduism made by Black Basalt. Additionally, on the way of entrance, there is a photo gallery too to let people aware about the historical structures of Khulna Division. Some terracotta, toys made with clay and building tiles are also there to display.
Ticket: All Bangladeshi citizens can get entry by paying 20 taka. For foreigners, it is 100 taka.
Time Table: During Winter it is Open from 9 Am to 5 Pm. In the summertime the timetable is from 10 Am to 6 Pm. Lunch brake is from 1 pm to 1:30 Pm. Sunday Closed.
{:}{:bn}খুলনা শহরের শিববাড়ী এলাকায় খুলনা বিভাগীয় জাদুঘর অবস্হিত । ১৯৯৮ সালে এ জাদুঘরটি প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয় । প্রত্নতত্ত্ব অধিদপ্তরের নিয়ন্ত্রণে এ জাদুঘরে উপস্হাপিত হয়েছে বিভিন্ন যুগের মৃৎপাত্র, হিন্দু ও বৌদ্ধ মুর্তি, শিলালিপি, পোড়ামাটির ফলকচিত্র, অলংকৃত ইট, পোড়ামাটির বল, পোড়ামাটির গুটিকা ইত্যাদি । এছাড়াও উল্লেখযোগ্য কয়েকটি প্রত্নস্হল ও ঐতিহাসিক ইমারতের আলোকচিত্রও আছে ।
টিকেট প্রাপ্তিস্থানঃ
জাদুঘরের গেটের পাশেই রয়েছে টিকেট কাউন্টার, জনপ্রতি টিকেট এর দাম পনের টাকা করে, তবে পাঁচ বছরের কম কোন বাচ্চার জন্যে টিকেট এর দরকার পড়েনা। তবে মাধ্যমিক পর্যায়ের শিশু-কিশোরদের জন্য প্রবেশ মুল্যে নির্ধারন করা হয়েছে ৫ টাকা। সার্কভুক্ত বিদেশি দর্শনার্থীর জন্যে টিকেট মূল্য পঞ্চাশ টাকা এবং অন্যান্য বিদেশী দর্শকদের জন্য টিকেটের মূল্য একশত টাকা করে।
বন্ধ-খোলার সময়সূচীঃ
গ্রীষ্মকালে সকাল ১০টা থেকে সন্ধ্যা ৬টা পর্যন্ত কেল্লা খোলা থাকে। মাঝখানে দুপুর ১টা থেকে ১.৩০ পর্যন্ত আধ ঘণ্টার জন্যে বন্ধ থাকে। আর শীতকালে সকাল ৯টা থেকে বিকেল ৫টা পর্যন্ত খোলা থাকে। শীতকালেও দুপুর ১টা থেকে ১.৩০ পর্যন্ত বন্ধ থাকে। আর সবসময়ের জন্যেই শুক্রবারে জুম্মার নামাযের জন্যে সাড়ে বারোটা থেকে তিনটা পর্যন্ত বন্ধ থাকে। রবিবার সাধারণ ছুটি এবং সোমবার বেলা ২.০০ থেকে খোলা থাকে। এছাড়াও সরকারী কোন বিশেষ দিবসে জাদুঘর বন্ধ থাকে ।{:}
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