Ahmedabad
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya is situated within the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
 
It is run by a public trust established in 1981 with an aim to house the personal memorabilia of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum has different units like office, library, two photo galleries and an auditorium. The library houses over 30,000 books, letters of felicitation received by Gandhiji, manuscripts of articles, negatives of photographs and films on Gandhiji and freedom struggle, Gandhiji's writing desk and spinning wheel, life size colour oil paintings etc.
Tribal Research and Training Institute is situated at Gujarat Vidyapeeth in Ahmedabad.

The highlight of this museum is that it gives a detailed picture of the tribal life of this region. The display includes ethnic ornaments, musical instruments, dress, day to day objects, agricultural implements, toys, masks and charts.

The museum has an excellent collection of photos, slides and films related to tribals and a library.

The timings are from 2.00pm to 5.00pm on weekdays. The museum remains closed on Sundays and holidays.

Shreyas Folk Museum is an educational museum exhibiting folk arts and crafts of Gujarat. It is located 2.5km west of Sabarmati in the suburbs of Ahmedabad district.

As the name suggests, the exhibits at the museum include art, craft, textile and clothing, coins, weapons, toys, costumes, masks, puppets and musical instruments. One of the highlights at this museum is a complete elephant skeleton (3.19m high).
 

As the name suggests, Sardar Patel national memorial was established in the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was a great freedom fighter. Located in the environs of Shahibaugh in Ahmedabad, Sardar Patel national memorial museum is also known as Moti Shah Mahal.
 
The museum houses various portraits of Sardar Patel, his family members and friends. You can also find the biography of Sardar Patel in the museum, which contains a detailed description of all the phases of his life.

Natural History Museum is located near the man made lake Kankaria in Ahmedabad city.

Though the museum is small, it houses some very well kept specimens of stuffed animals and birds. The museum was set up in the year 1974 by the founder of Ahmedabad zoo, Reuben David. There are 31 animal specimens and 8 bird specimens. The exhibits include a baby monkey with two heads, a huge bear, a couple of leopards, tigers and lions beautifully mounted in very natural surroundings.

The museum charges a very modest entry fee from the visitors.

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is situated near the Gujarat University at Navrangpura in Ahmedabad District.

Established in 1984, the museum exhibits Indian miniature paintings, stone sculptures, terracottas, bronzes, textiles, wood work, cloth paintings, metal sculptures, coins, various paintings of Tagore, and art of Nepal and Tibet.

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is open from 10:30 to 17:30 hrs on all days except Monday and public holidays.

Kite Museum is situated in Sanskar Kendra in Ahmedabad. The museum was established in 1985 and has a fabulous collection of kites from all over the world.

There are artistic kites, rare kites that have been crafted from more than 400 pieces of paper. It is the second such museum in the world. The brain behind this concept is Bhanubhai Shah.

Hussain Doshi's Gufa which is popularly known as Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery situated opposite Gujarat University in Ahmedabad.

It is housed in the campus of the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology. Gufa means cave, as the name suggests, Gufa is a configuration of cave-like structures buried under the ground.

It is an example of contemporary architecture with a fusion of modern and ancient ideas. It was constructed using computer aided design and tribal initiative.

Gujarat Museum Society is located in Kocharle in Ahmedabad. It was established in 1961.

The objects on display include paintings, manuscripts, objects of archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, costume, science etc.

 
The visiting hours of the museum are from 8.00am to 11.00am and from 4.00pm to 8.00pm on all days except Monday. The museum remains closed on Mondays.

Archaeological Museum at Lothal was setup in 1976 in order to display the artifacts recovered from the excavation conducted from 1952 to 1961.
 



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