MUSEUMS in Vizag

MUSEUMS

Vishaka Museum

Located on the shores of Ramakrishna Beach has a historical treasures and antiques. This Museum is kept at 150 year old architecturally impressive Dutch Bungalow. It was opened in 1991. The collection of the museum includes ancient armory, crockery, coins, silk costumes, j

ewelry, stuffed animals, portraits, Shell of an un exploded bomb dropped by the Japanese during World War II, manuscripts, letters, diaries, scrap books as well as periodicals, maps etc which chronicle the lives of the early settlers.

Submarine Museum

INS Kurusura, a Russian built forth submarine of the Indian Navy was turned to a museum on 27th Feb 2001. It had been in use by the Indian Defense since its arrival in Vizag in 1970. The Submarine was brought from the sea, to the sands of the Ramakrishna Beach and positioned on concrete foundation to set up as a museum. The museum is the first of its kind in Asia and second in the world. It has been established with the aim to create awareness among the public to know how the submarines work during wartime and for show casing the life inside the submarine, etc.

 It is opens for public from 11 am to 9 pm.

Anthropology Museum

The department of Anthropology in the Andhra University has its own specialized anthropology Museum. The museum was established in the year 1961.