sunilagrawa111
★★★★4.0Wrote on 3 May 2022
Small but very good museum
I have been a student of Deptt of Business Managent at BHU. This museum is located just opposite to Mgr dept Recently I got an opportunity to visit again after 48 years. It's still wonderful place
T2011PQcarol
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 7 Mar 2020
Outstanding Sculpture, Paintings, Jewelry, Texiles
This museum was an unexpected highlight of our visit to Varanasi. It’s collections are outstanding, and beautifully displayed with excellent lighting for sculpture and a spacious arrangement of materials on view. Overall, an exceptional experience and highly recommended to get an overview of Indian art, especially sculpture, painting (miniatures/album paintings and book illustrations), textiles, and don’t miss the treasury (strong room)!
Perygrin
★★★★4.0Wrote on 7 Jan 2020
A museum with hundreds of ancient cultural objects belonging to a University.
Take 1 to 4 hours to see the two floors. Great and quick glance at ancient Indian culture for both Indians and foreigners. Some massive sculptures and enigmatic rare forms of images of Gods. A decree of Aurangzeb, Mogul Emperor of India in Nastaliq persian. Coins, jewellery, arms, pottery etc Works of Swiss artist Alice Boner and Roerich. Interesting overall glance.
giselel2017
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 15 Dec 2019
A hidden gem
Sadly most tourists do not visit the Bharat Kala Bhavan at Banaras Hindu University. They are definitely missing a great museum. I spent two hours there. The museum is quite big. There was a temporary exhibition on Indian purses, which was very unique, showcasing traditional handcrafted purses from all over India. The pieces are well displayed and most of them have tags in Hindi and English. Besides sculptures, paintings, coins, terracotta, and textiles, there are unique galleries. There is an amazing gallery on the life and work of Alice Boner, a painter and sculptor who lived in India. There is another gallery with some of the works of Nicholas Roerich, a Russian painter who traveled to India. You can also learn a lot about Madan Mohan Malaviya, the founder of BHU. Cameras and cellphones are not allowed inside the museum. You will have to put these items in a locker near the entrance of the museum.
shobha01
★★★★4.0Wrote on 27 Nov 2019
Art lovers don’t miss this place
It has beautiful collection of rare paintings . I loved it . Even the entry fee not high . My husband was very happy after visiting here .