The Jalan Museum (Hindi: जलान संग्रहालय), Quila house, is a private museum located in Patna, Bihar, India. It is one of the only two private museums in Bihar state.[3][4]
Quila House | |
Established | 1919 |
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Location | Patna, Bihar, India |
Coordinates | 25°35′55″N 85°13′46″E / 25.598591°N 85.229547°E |
Type | Art & Heritage Museum[1] |
Collections | 10,000 objects[2] |
Owner | BM Jalan, GM Jalan and Advay Jalan |
Website | quilahouse |
Overview
editQuila House is a private residential house on the banks of the Ganga river in the old town of Patna, in the state of Bihar, in northern India. Built in 1919, the house is known for the collection of objets d'art and antiques that is a personal achievement of Diwan Bahadur Radha Krishna Jalan (R.K. Jalan) (1882–1954), who was a businessman and an art collector.[5] The building it is in the style of English and Dutch and is known locally as the Quila House.[6]
The collection of objects numbering to about 10,000, belonged mostly to the modern period include stone, metal, terra cotta, ivory, glass and porcelains. Of the art objects, many are European and a few from the far and near eastern countries of Asia.[2][7]
Part of the building continues to be a private residential area of the Jalan family. The museum is open to visitors 9-11 am, Mondays to Saturdays, and 10 am – 4 pm on Sundays, though prior appointment, 48 hours before the visit is required.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Things to Do — Jalan Museum, Patna, Bihar". Nivalink.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Jalan Museum — Patna's Unique Private Museum". Go4patna.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Museums run by the Private Individuals". Directorate of Museum, Govt. of Birhar. p. 5. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
Other one being: Kumar Sangrahalay, Hasanpur, Smastipur
- ^ Pranava K Chaudhary (20 September 2011). "Quake damages Jalan Museum". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Bihar, past & present: souvenir, 13th Annual Congress of Epigraphical ... – P. N. Ojha, Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute — Google Books. 1 January 1985. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Opening hours. "Qila House (Jalan Museum)". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Jalan Museum". Patna4u.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Contact Quila House". Quila House. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
External links
edit- Quila House and the Jalan Collection, A Brief Introduction Archived 19 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine