Tribal Museum, Araku
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Tribal Museum, Araku
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Tribal Museum, Araku
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Araku Valley
The Tribal Museum exhibits various indigenous ways of living.
The Tribal Museum exhibits various indigenous ways of living.
Located in Araku Valley, near Padmapura Botanical Gardens, the Tribal Museum was established in 1996 by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. It was set up with the aim of conserving and displaying the tribal culture of the region. Various indigenous ways of living are exhibited in the museum through the display of objects of daily use such as jewellery, hunting tools and kitchen tools. Scenes of quotidian life are staged through the arrangement and construction of life-sized statues.
The museum itself is fashioned out of mud and metal. The museum also has a Tribal Art and Crafts Centre which holds workshops and seminars promoting tribal and folk art. In July 2019, the Lalit Kala Akademi, in association with the Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Government of Andhra Pradesh, had arranged a five-day camp called ‘The Missing Rainbow’, for tribal women artisans. Other experiences include witnessing scheduled live dances, having one’s future revealed to them by an in-house fortune teller who prophesies in the local language and boating in a pond located on the premises of the museum. Stalls are also set up that sell souvenirs and handicrafts made by tribal artists.
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State Government
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Address:
Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh - 531149
Visiting Time:
Sunday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Established:
1996
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Museums
Experiences
Writer’s Corner
Anthropology and Ethnography
Tribal Museum, Araku
Museums of India Desk, Sahapedia
Araku Valley
The Tribal Museum exhibits various indigenous ways of living.
The Tribal Museum exhibits various indigenous ways of living.
Located in Araku Valley, near Padmapura Botanical Gardens, the Tribal Museum was established in 1996 by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. It was set up with the aim of conserving and displaying the tribal culture of the region. Various indigenous ways of living are exhibited in the museum through the display of objects of daily use such as jewellery, hunting tools and kitchen tools. Scenes of quotidian life are staged through the arrangement and construction of life-sized statues.
The museum itself is fashioned out of mud and metal. The museum also has a Tribal Art and Crafts Centre which holds workshops and seminars promoting tribal and folk art. In July 2019, the Lalit Kala Akademi, in association with the Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Government of Andhra Pradesh, had arranged a five-day camp called ‘The Missing Rainbow’, for tribal women artisans. Other experiences include witnessing scheduled live dances, having one’s future revealed to them by an in-house fortune teller who prophesies in the local language and boating in a pond located on the premises of the museum. Stalls are also set up that sell souvenirs and handicrafts made by tribal artists.
More Information
Museum administered by
State Government
Updated
+ Update Museum Listing
Some rights reserved
Quick Facts
Address:
Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh - 531149
Visiting Time:
Sunday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Established:
1996
Related Museums
Ranchi
Tribal Museum, Ranchi
Anthropology and Ethnography
The Tribal Museum is a part of the Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute located at Tagore Hill, Morabadi.
Mapper:
Museums of India Desk, Sahapedia
Imphal
Tribal Research Institute Museum
Anthropology and Ethnography
The museum of the Tribal Research Institute (TRI) is a depository of information and artefacts belonging to some of the 34 recognised tribes of Manipur.
Mapper:
Museums of India Desk, Sahapedia
Pune
Tribal Cultural Museum
Anthropology and Ethnography
The Tribal Cultural Museum, part of the Tribal Research and Training Institute, Pune, showcases a wide variety of artefacts from the tribes of western India.
Mapper:
Museums of India Desk, Sahapedia