Kutch Museum, Bhuj, Gujarat India

The oldest museum in Gujarat, founded in 1877 by Maharao Khengarji, it has the largest existing collection of Kshatrapa inscriptions, dating to the 1st century AD, as well as examples of the extinct Kutchi script (now the language is mostly written in the Gujarati alphabets) and an interesting collection of coins (including the kori, Kutch's local currency.) A section of the museum is devoted to tribal cultures, with many examples of ancient artifacts, folk arts and crafts and information about tribal peoples. The museum also has exhibits of embroidery, paintings, arms, musical instruments, sculpture and precious metalwork.

A visit to the Kutch Museum, to learn about the history of tribal and folk tradition of the district, will help you get to know about present-day people and their lives. Remember that visiting a museum is a great way to learn about history, but tribals are not merely part of history, they are a major part of Kutch's (and India's) population and cultural identity today. Try to visit people's homes and families; a visit to a museum and a conversation with a real human being are not mutually exclusive, they are complementary, and if anything, the latter is the most important of all.

This one has almost everything that one would look for in a museum. From paintings to coins, musical instruments to artifacts and ancient script inscriptions to artistically etched sculptures. One of the oldest museums in Gujarat located close by Hamirsar Lake the depository came into existence during 1884 during the wedding of Maharo Khengarji III, in order to put some new art pieces on show. The Kutch museum is not just known to have the largest existing collection of the Kshatrapa inscriptions of the 1st century AD, but it also has various inscriptions of the nonexistent Kucthi script. What's more, the museum also happens to be India's first ever museum to go online which it did in the year 2010.