Varendra Research Museum
Opened in 1910, the oldest museum in Bangladesh, holding around 19,000 artefacts from the Varendra region.
Updated 14 Oct 202619
- District
- Rajshahi
- Area
- Shaheb Bazar
- Address
- Hetem Khan, Rajshahi
The Varendra Research Museum opened in April 1910 and is the oldest museum in Bangladesh.
It was founded by Kumar Sarat Kumar Ray of the Dighapatia family, the lawyer and historian Akshay Kumar Maitreya, and Ramaprasad Chanda, then a teacher at Rajshahi Collegiate School. The three had established the Varendra Research Society in the same year to study the history of the Varendra region.
The collection holds roughly 19,000 objects: stone and metal sculpture, terracotta, coins, manuscripts, pottery, weapons, Arabic and Persian documents and inscriptions. The museum has been administered by the University of Rajshahi since 1964.
How to get there In the Hetem Khan area, a short rickshaw ride from Shaheb Bazar.