State Museum Lucknow

State Museum Lucknow is the oldest and largest multipurpose museum of Uttar Pradesh, established in 1863 by the then Commissioner of Lucknow. It harbours around one lakh antiquities in possession. Its areas of acquisition include: Natural History, Art & Archaeology, Paintings, Manuscripts, Numismatics, Decorative Art, Ivory, Anthropology and many more to count. A few very important antiquities like lion slayer type gold coin of samudra gupta of Gupta Period, Standing Buddha, Reclining Vishnu, Dancing Natraja, Rare Birds and animals are quite important.