{"id":1362,"date":"2025-10-29T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:08:51","slug":"odisha-state-museum-bhubaneswar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/odisha-state-museum-bhubaneswar\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha State Museum, Timings, Entry Fee, History & Artifacts, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Odisha State Museum can be found in the Indian state of Odisha. This museum is specifically located in BJB Nagar in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha. This museum can be found at the coordinates 20.2562 degrees North and 85.8451 degrees East. This museum transports visitors to the Bronze Age and is highly valued by archaeologists and history buffs.<\/p>\n

It is located in Gautam Nagar near Kalpana Square, about 2 kilometers from the Bhubaneshwar railway station, and is known for its extensive collection of palm leaf manuscripts. Archaeology, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Armoury, Mining and geology, Natural History, Art and craft, Contemporary Art, Patta Painting, Anthropology, and Palmleaf Manuscripts are among the eleven sections of the museum.<\/p>\n

\"Odisha<\/p>\n

The museum is led by a superintendent, and administrative control is held by the Government of Odisha’s Cultural Affairs Department. The four-story Odisha State Museum also houses a collection of Buddhist and Jain sculptures, archeological finds, coins, copper plates, stone inscriptions from ancient and medieval Kalinga, armors, bronze age tools, ancient and medieval tools and weapons, enormous traditional dresses, stuffed animals, natural history, geological objects, paintings, anthropological specimens, traditional folk and musical instruments, and a collection of traditional folk and musical instruments. The Orisha State Museum also has a library with a large book collection. It is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. Mondays and government holidays will remain closed.<\/p>\n

\"Odisha<\/p>\n

Tourist Facilities, Transportation, Tourist Attractions, How to Reach, Accessibility<\/h2>\n

Opening Time<\/h3>\n

Odisha State Museum’s open time<\/a> is Monday to Sunday 10 am to Evening 5 pm<\/p>\n

Best Time to visit<\/h3>\n

Best time to visit Odisha State Museum at all times of the year.<\/p>\n

Closest Railway Station & Distance<\/h3>\n

The Closest Railway Station is Bhubaneswar, which is located around 1.5 KM distance from Odisha State Museum.<\/p>\n

Closest Airport<\/h3>\n

The Closest airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar, which is located around 4.5 KM distance from Odisha State Museum.<\/p>\n

Closest Bus Stand<\/h3>\n

The Closest Bus stand is Bhubaneswar, which is located around 120 M distance from the Odisha State Museum.<\/p>\n

Closest town<\/h3>\n

Bhubaneswar<\/p>\n

Entry Fees for Odisha State Museum<\/h3>\n

Entry Fee: Rs.10 for Indians & Rs.100 for Foreigners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Odisha State Museum can be found in the Indian state of Odisha. This museum is specifically located in BJB Nagar in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha. This museum can be found at the coordinates 20.2562 degrees North and 85.8451 degrees East. This museum transports visitors to the Bronze Age and is highly valued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum-in-odisha"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissatours.com\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}