The document summarizes information about the Bangladesh National Museum and the Museum of Independence in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Bangladesh National Museum was formally inaugurated in 1983 and houses collections ranging from prehistory to the present. It has over 200,000 square feet of floor space spread across four floors, with artifacts, sculptures, coins, inscriptions and more. The Museum of Independence depicts Bangladesh's struggle for independence and shows its history from the Mughal period to 1971. It is located underground at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.

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Course Title: Bangladesh Studies, Culture and Heritage
Course Code: GED 105

3. Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Bangladesh National Museum, formally inaugurated on 17 November
1983, is one of the largest museums in South Asia. Dhaka Museum,
formally inaugurated on 7 August 1913, was its forerunner. Bangladesh
National Museum is devoted to archaeology, classical, decorative and
contemporary art, history, natural history, ethnography and world
civilization. Bangladesh National Museum has splendid collections which
range in date from prehistory to the present time. Both in number and
uniqueness, the Museum is extremely rich in stone, metal and wooden
sculptures, in gold, silver and copper coins, in stone inscriptions and
copperplates and in terracottas and other artifacts of archaeological
interest
Welcome to Bangladesh National Museum

4. Welcome to Bangladesh National Museum
 The Museum has one of the largest collections of arms and armour in
the Indian subcontinent. Quite fascinating are its collections of
decorative art, especially of woodwork, metalwork and embroidered
quilts. It has items of natural history and ethnographic interest. The
Museum is noted for its collection of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin and
works of other contemporary artists. The Museum also illustrates the
freedom struggle culminating in the liberation of Bangladesh.

5. Its Mission
 Bangladesh National Museum establishes a link
between the vanishing past and the vibrant present
with a view to ensuring the acquisition and
advancement of knowledge for intellectual growth,
national pride and awakening, social progress, and
international harmony, all in the service of the public
and in accordance with professional standards.

6. Its Vision
 One of the most crucial and difficult tasks of the museum today is to
communicate a country's natural and cultural heritage in a way that
illuminates the contemporary situation. Keeping this in view,
Bangladesh National Museum seeks to extend the perception of culture
in the widest anthropological sense, linking our present-day life to the
eternal creative search of man on the one hand and the material world--
both natural and man-made--on the other to help the visitors discover a
purpose that is common to all

7. History of Bangladesh National Museum
 The history of Bangladesh National Museum is eventful and glorious, connected
as it has been, in chronological sequence, with British Indian history, the birth
and dissolution of Pakistan, and the emergence of Bangladesh.
 The Scheme for the National Museum Project was approved on 27 December
1975. The Bangladesh Jatiya Jadughar Ordinance, 1983 was promulgated on
20 September 1983. Bangladesh National Museum was formally inaugurated at
Shahbag on 17 November 1983. Dr. Enamul Haque became the first Director
General of Bangladesh National Museum.

8. History of Bangladesh National Museum
Bangladesh National Museum is now housed in a four-storied building with a total
floor space of 202,116 square feet. From a humble beginning in a single room in
1913 the Museum has now grown into one of the largest museums in South Asia.

9.  The ground floor consists of some old guns at the entrance and the
hall where the people book their tickets or assemble to hear the
history of the museum. The hall leads to a grand staircase. Beside
the hall, there is a smaller room which also acts like the hall (it is
also used by the guides to tell the visitors about the history) and a
simple staircase.
1st floor
 The 1st floor is divided into 22 rooms.
 1st room
 The first room displays a large map showing the map of Bangladesh
and its 64 districts.
Ground floor

10. 2nd room
The 2nd room consists of an under going work of a
large statue of the Royal Bengal Tiger.
3rd-10th room
This rooms consist of natural beauties found in
Bangladesh. In one of the room there is showcase of
a tongue of a whale.

11. 10th-22nd room
The other rooms contain some historic relics of Bengal up to 1900. There is a
room which shows the different boats used by the rural people.

12. 2nd Floor
 The 2nd floor consists of photos of famous people and showcases the Bangladesh
Liberation War and the Language Movement of 1952. There are posters used in
the war, a torture machine and much more. There are also two libraries.
3rd Floor
 The 3rd Floor consists of Pictures of International politicians, artists, scientists,
famous pictures and four international galleries- Chinese, Korean, Iranian and
Swiss.]

13. Museum of Independence
Suhrawardy Udyan
Dhaka, Bangladesh
 The Museum of Independence in Dhaka, Bangladesh depicts the
struggle for independence of Bangladesh. It shows the history of the
nation since Mughal tenure to independence in 1971. Is is the first and
only underground museum in the country. The museum is part of a 67
acre complex at Suhrawardy Udyan, the site from where Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman gave his historic speech declaring the struggle for
independence, and where the Pakistani forces surrendered after the
War of Liberation. The museum was opened to public on March 25,
2015, the 45th Independence Day of Bangladesh.

14. Architecture
 The underground museum is part of a
master plan that includes a multimedia
projection theater, an amphitheater,
three water pools, Shikha Chirantony
(eternal flame) symbolizing the eternity
of Bengali nationalism, a mural based
on the struggle for independence and
other ancillary facilities. There is also a
155-seat auditorium in the complex.
The focal point in the experience of the
space is the monument, Tower of Light
which is a 50-meter high tower
composed of stacked glass panels.

15. Architecture
 The museum is situated beneath the tower of
light. The museum's plaza area has a 5669
square meter of tiled floor. Its underground
terrace has a fountain at the center where water
is falls from over the ceiling. Bangladeshi
architects Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury and
Marina Tabassum won a national design
competition in 1997 and subsequently they were
commissioned for the project. The total
construction cost of the complex was 1.75 billion
tk.

16. Dhaka University Central Student
Union (DUCSU).
Dhaka University Campus, Dhaka
About
To promote corporate life and common cultural activities within the university and
foster spirit of cooperation among the students different halls, the University made
provision for the formation of the Dhaka University Central Student Union (DUCSU).
The Union was started in the session 1922-23. The Union maintains a common
room in which a large number of newspapers and periodicals is kept for the use of
the members. An arrangement is made for various indoor games. Debates and
literary competitions is organized by DUCSU. The Union undertook the publication
of a magazine called The University Journal and its first number was published in
1925. DUCSU represents the problem of the students in the University Senate
meetings.

17. About
DUCSU has a history of rooting out autocratic
government. After the Liberation War in 1971 of
Bangladesh three big statues were erected by DUCSU
in front of the University Arts Building. The Lecturer of
the Department of Fine Arts of the Chittagong
University, Syed Abdullah Khalid was the sculpture of
those statues. The construction started from January
1979. Working 7 to 8 hours a day Mr. Khalid completed
the construction in nearly a year time and the
sculptures were formally opened On 16 December
1979.
The sculptures have been named ‘Apajeya Bangla’,
meaning the Invincible Bangla.

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