Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum - Ahmedabad

This place has many collections of old and ancient times of India especially for the Jain Community. Some arts are available for sale as well. Must for history enthusiasts.

Amazing, beautiful and charming place Amazing, beautiful and charming place, with some rare ancient and beautiful statues, some rare painting and also some rare coins.. all in an architecturally appealing building and well displayed.. surprisingly had missed this place so far, despite several visits to ahmedabad.. Definitely recommended for museum buffs and museum visitors, in fact turned out to be hidden gem, amongst india's many museums.. Honestly i was almost speechless when i finished! Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum was a brain child of a revered Jain saint Agamprabhakar Muni Shri Punyavijayji Maharaj, and a philanthropic industrialist Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai who together collected 45,000 printed books of different languages like Apabhramsa , Hindi , Old Gujarati , Pali , Rajasthani , Sanskrit, etc . and 75,000 manuscripts . Their collection covers a wide variety of topics from Buddhism , Jainism and its darshans , grammar , tantra and poetics to Vedas , agama to the different branches of Indian philosophy. The internationally acclaimed architect Shri Balkrishnabhai Doshi visualized & designed the museum and the same was inaugurated in 1984. Some of the renowned art collectors are honoured by the Museum by naming gallaries after them : The ‘Muni Punyavijayaji Gallery’ includes the choicest compilation of paintings . Some of them are the Champaner jain pilgrimage painting of 1433 , the Agra Vijnaptipatra by Mughal painter Ustad Salivahana in 1610 . Highly appreciated illustrated manuscripts which we saw here were the Mandu Kalkacharyakatha of 1430 , the Matar Sangrahanisutra of 1583 , the Naldamayantirasa of 1610 in Mughal style , etc . A rare cosmological diagram Ashtdvipa of 1440 was a gem. There were paintings of pre Mughal era in Western Indian painting style and some rare illustrated wooden book covers created for palm leaf manuscripts including that of Vidyadevis circa 12th Century . ‘Madhuri D. Desai Gallery’ holds in its collection the largest head of Buddha circa 3rd - 4th Century in stucco from Gandhara , the standing Visnu of the same period from Mathura , a rare small figure of Ganga from the same place dating back to 4th century , the earliest cult image of Lord Rama (early 6th century) of Gupta period from Devagadh , the Sanmukha Kartikey of the same period from M . P . , and some of the finest Chola sculptures circa 10th -11th Century . The ‘P.T. Munshaw Gallery’ showcases a rare collection of coins like the finest punch-marked ‘bentbar’. ‘Shri Arvindbhai Collection’ displayes Chola style Nataraja, a Nepali or Tibetan Bronze Mandala and Chinese or Japanese style cupboard in wood . Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai Collection of Indian Drawings from Calcutta represents drawings for Indian Miniature paintings belonging to various regional schools The museum not only showcases some of the finest works in history but also puts in efforts towards their proper conservation in the Conservation Laboratory , where cleansing and preservation works are carried out. A visit to Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum of art & archaeology made us humble as we learnt the great work carried out by our ancestors .

The museum is quiet small, around the museum is lush greenery. From the outside the museum looks very bland. It has no colour on it and has only grey discoloured concrete walls so if you have trouble finding it from the road then look for an old bland looking building. Other than that the museum from the inside is quiet intriguing and fascinating.

Very good museum know as L. D. Museum ( Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum). I surprised that some rare coins collections I found here. Also rare ancient beautiful collections of statues, art work of sculptures on stone, wood even bronze, mix metals, paintings and drawings with beautifully draw by ancient colours, wooden carving art works on wood as well as on metals, ancient scripts written on papers, cloths, wood and stone very fabulous. Very nice architectural building, very good staff explain very well to people.

Oh one of the coolest museums about the colour indigo i've seen..a must go place but the thing is..its a guided tour and its timed...so not much time is given to see each part of the museum

L.D Museum is one of the best Museum of Ahmedabad. Location of museum is accessible from every part of Ahmedabad nearby Gujarat University,CEPT University,and Ahmedabad University. Visiting time 10:30 am 5:30 pm Entry Free for All Museum closed on Wednesday and Public Holidays

Wonderful, Neat and clean, Silence Atmosphere, nice staff, No rush, We can spend 1.5 hours of more. Opposite to L. D. Engineering college, Easily get Public transport ( BRTS and AMTS both). Good collection ( Paintings, Statues, Arts, etc,. Photography prohibited. Use magnifying sheet where required. Thank you.

Well maintained and a lovely place for all the artists. They have collections of ancient statues, old hand paintings, coins from the centuries etc. It's free to visit the museum. Worth a visit. No photography is allowed inside the museum. There is a beautiful jain temple outside the museum and the pics belong to that.