The renovated Bapu Museum now features advanced interactive technology : Keeping pace with the digital world, Bapu Museum is now renovated with an ultra-modern ambience that provides visitors with a mesmerising experience. The Andhra Pradesh State Department of Archaeology and Museum takes the exhibits at Bapu Museum to a whole new dimension using Augmented Reality technology, giving the visitor a unique glimpse into the significant past. The Bapu Museum with AR and VR technology in Vijayawada engages and educates visitors through an exciting virtual tour where the exhibits narrate about the historical moments in an engaging manner. Visitors will have to download the Bapu Museum AR app on their Smartphones to discover interesting facts of the collection present at the museum. This is the first museum in India, to have adopted the technology of Augmented and Virtual realities. The immersive projection mapping, interactive display panels, digital book and interactive kiosks offer a visual treat to visitors. The renovated museum houses nine galleries showcasing a rare collection of antiques, sculptures, cutlery, paintings which have been preserved for over several decades. Every artefact is digitised enabling the visitors to learn more about the rich heritage of the country. All one needs to do is touch or scan the QR code, using their smartphones to know the history and interesting facts about the artefacts present at the museum. The historically significant Bapu Museum formerly known as Victoria Jubilee Museum, happens to be the place where the freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya presented the tricolour flag to Mahatma Gandhi in 1921. The same flag was adopted as the Indian national flag in 1947. The museum is open from 10.30am to 5 pm daily except Fridays and public holidays. Entry Fee : Rs.50/- for adults and Rs.30/- for children.

This place is called bapu museum because in 1921 Mahatma Gandhi visited this place to receive the national flag which was designed by Sri pingali venkayya. The Bapu museum has many prehistoric artifacts that date back to 10,000 BCE and beyond. This place also has many religious idols (Hindu ,Buddha and Jain idols)which were found near Prakasam , Krishna and guntur districts. This place also has the ancient bidari artworks and china ware and ancient coins.

Museum in Vijaywada displays ancient Arti crafts and archeological objects belongs to ancient Indian society which was largely excavated in vijaywada and near by places.This Museum also consists various paintings,coins ,weapons and handicrafts item.enrty ticket 50 Rs.it has total of 7 galleries and also a old building of the time of Britishers which is now converted in to a gallery dedicated to P Venkaiah.

I visited Bapu museum (Vijayawada) on weekends. It remains open only till 5 (that's why I couldn't go in the main building). The old , but well-maintained building welcomed me. There are sculptures and hieroglyphics in the garden overseeing the museum. The atmosphere was calm and welcoming. The place was spick-and-span.

It was an amazing experience and worth every penny. Museum is well maintained and it has a large collection of ancient sculptures. Everything is well described and you got to know about the history of our National flag and its inception. The museum has large collection of paintings and artifacts of Buddhist and Hindu relics. They have charged Rs.50 entry fees for adult.

This is place where Shri Pingali Vengaiyah gave our national flag to Mahatma Gandhi. The government archeological museum is in the same campus. Entrance fees Rs.50. Only ground floor and first floor with limited collections. Some shops are there in the campus for dress , handcrafts purchase

Wonderful museum. Original name Victoria museum after renovation name changed to BAPU Museum. Children learn our history and heritage. Timings: 10.30PM - 05.00PM Friday holiday Entry fee: Adults - ₹ 50 / Children - ₹ 30

Colonial architecture that has been maintained well has a charm of its own. The exhibits are really awesome. They have artefacts from the paleolithic age, too. Shows how rich the region has been since ages. The large 1st century Buddha statue was GORGEOUS. Even the labelling is pretty good for a more obscure museum.

I love this place. Maintenance was good and definitely you will get good experience and information regarding our ancient history....

have variety of artefacts. good for archeological survey.

I am excited when i saw Bapu museum , i saw ancient monuments of Buddism , lord Buddha , really admiring with peaceful ness , ancient statues of lord krishna etc are really admiring. Hisory of pingali venkayya is shown , man stages ( from ancient shilayugam to modern shilayugam ) was shown ;

This museum was inaugurated in 2019. Small but good one for the students and citizens. Almost covers most of the era of history.

It was an amazing experience and worth every penny. Museum is well maintained and it has a large collection of ancient sculptures . Everything is well described and you got to know about the history of our National flag and its inception. The museum has large collection of paintings and artifacts of Buddhist and Hindu relics. They have charged. Rs.50 entry fees for adult Colonial architecture that has been maintained well has a charm of its own. The exhibits are really awesome. They have artefacts from the paleolithic age, too. Shows how rich the region has been since ages. The large 1st century Buddha statue was GORGEOUS. Even the labelling is pretty good for a more obscure museum.

The must vist place for kids of vijaywada. The museum is awesome with central ac and very spacious. Its inline like best mesums of India. Lot of pottery, coins , weapons and artifact's are in display. I just love the experience, 2hrs passed out in a jiffy. The entry ticket is Rs.50 it is only closed on fridays, so weekend visit is recommended.

nice place to vist to explore history with kids

A very good place to visit with children.nice parking place is there.first you have to buy tickets.children will learn history and they better understand the history.lot of scripture, monuments, idols,old coins from 1000 bc or old available here to understand and study the history of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh,india.budhist idols also there to see.museum is fully ac.kids felt very nice.they want to see again.so I will visit this place once again.

The museum was created as part of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The foundation stone was laid by Robert Sewell, District Collector of Krishna district, on 27 June 1887. Sri Pingali Venkayya presented a tri-colour flag to Mahatma Gandhi at this location in 1921. The building initially housed industrial exhibitions. It was converted to an archaeological museum under the auspices of the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Andhra Pradesh, in 1962.

A must visit place for any museum buff! It has an excellent inventory of exhibits, tracing the beginnings of mankind to much more modern history, especially of the area referred to As Andhra Desam. It's exhibits range from numismatics, textiles, earthenware to military arms. There's an assistant AR powered app as well to assist visitors understand the exhibits better (though I couldn't get it to work smoothly).

Handloom exhibition inauguration by smt. VANI MOHAN IAS garu and Sri MALLADHI VISHNU MLA Garu IN BAPU MUSEUM VIJAYAWADA VERY GOOD PLACE AND MUSEUMS STAFF

Maintained well......nice place to spent leisure time to know about history of the place

Its osm. Having coins, cloth, rama lakshma seetha, etc..., bhudda, jaina, freedom, guns, china bowls, etc..... Its a great experience to be there and know a lot. GO AND ENJOY...

It's a very good place to visit , we can learn many new things about ancient items like statues, weapons, clothing, stones etc..

This place will have nothing much to see. Actually small craft bazars will b held here regularly.

You Must visit the Museum in order to understand the history of our National Flag and its inception.

This historic place is where the Indian National Flag was approved by Gandhiji, designed by Pingali Venkayya. This place ought to be developed more than a mere museum.

Entry Ticket: Rs 50 per person. It's a two storey museum, Ground floor consists everything of Buddha's Reigns followed by the weapons and pottery used by early man. The second floor consists of textile gallery, soldier's gallery. Overall, it was an awesome experience.

Peaceful place, love the atmosphere It'll calm your mind

Not visited inside the museum... Some handicrafts bazaar was there.that was pretty good... Its there upto 19 sep

Nice place for chenetha vasthralu shopping..... very low price with best quality

It was a great initiative taken by AP Govt. Preserving our history is very important. I find all artifacts, Crafts, Sculptures,paintings, weapons in the museum. I Heartily recommend this place for travellers, tourists.

Good place to know about our old culture.Good place to bring your young kids and learn them our culture and glory. Museum team Need to focus on guide system.

Not a large museum but worth the visit when you are around. It will help to understand the history a bit with all monuments, arms and ammunitions, coins etc

This museum is a Hidden Gem! So much to learn from it. So many amazing pieces to admire. It was sad to see that the second floor was burning hot without any a/c or ventilation, my kids and I were not able to tolerate the heat so we didn't complete the incredible exhibition. My daughter wanted to use the washroom and there was not electricity so the bathrooms were completely dark and in a very deplorable condition so we decided to leave.

Excellent place to visit. We can experience the antiques of many items... Like swords, pots, food vessels etc.

It was preety good 😊👍🏻 seeing ancient sculpture was amazing 😍.....in overall I would say it was average 😁 to go and see ....

Wonderful and old museum located in the heart of the city. Very informative and undergoing upgradation. Worth a visit. Near to bus station.

Educational place to visit. Historical information and events are displayed in engaging manner. We can have a glimpse of our ancestors and their lifestyle, objects used by them, currency and cultures. Different deities from 12th century and even earlier ages are displayed. There is a walking track around the museum which can be used on payment.

Very good Museum with display of many categories of items

This museum was awesome. First time I am visiting this Museum. I saw Sasanas, ornaments, weapons, stupas, god ideals, Buddha ideals etc., belongs to 2-19th century. Definitely we enjoy and know about our ancient people living style etc., Definitely visit this place with family, friends, colleague, students etc.,

Best experience.

Nice Well satisfied But they are not provide good facilities

Very well maintained museum , must visit. Enjoyed quite well.

It was a very nice experience. Kids will enjoy this place and will learn history and culture. Bapu Museum Augmented Reality App can be downloaded. Central AC is there.

It was so nice, especially the bapu museum app so good.if you guys want to go install bapu museum app, ear phones must.

It was good,the main museum is at the back,there is a bapu ji idol in the front,inside the palace type building,photos not allowed inside the museum,but inside,there are ancient sculptures kept inside of God and people living during that time,the museum is of two floors,I could atleast able to take a walk map photo

Nice place to visit for kids...good collection about budda , armoury and few of our ancient idols..place where our national flag was designed....

It was such beautiful experience. I have seen lot of Momentums there wich is quite helpful to remember our early modern and ancient civilizations.

Small collection, we'll maintained, bronze sculpture and bhudist sculptures are amazing..as usual the government staff's are as lazy and arrogant

Currently handloom exhibition was set-up in that location except friday rest of the days the musuem will be opened 10-5pm

The place where Pinkala Venkayya handed over the tricolor flag to gandhiji. Historic place to visit

Nice collection of historical artifacts and lots of learning with AR feature available in the Bapu Museum mobile app.

Renovation of the museum enhanced influx of population. All the ancient artefacts available here are classified accordingly, and are well preserved. An app was introduced so as to get the history of specific image upon capturing in camera. Some have animation videos as well. Apart from Museum, Pingali Venkaiah Gallery where the then AICC meetings were held in 1921, gives information about how the Indian flag was handed over. Marble sculpture of Indian freedom fighters who attended the meeting with their names tagged, is the standout of all. Inscription is also made so as to describe the events happened on 31 March - 1 April 1921. Some inscriptions made on stones were left outside the museum. Probably, they might have thought to make a beautiful graden with these, but it turned out vague. Do not miss these outside sculpture area. Most inscriptions and statues are from Penuganchiprolu and surroundings, Krishna dt. But, the history and significance of the artefacts are not mentioned anywhere which is a drawback. Entry fee: ₹50/-

Good, but app downloaded is not working properly. The maintenance is good.

In Bapu musem they is digital visualize in pre historic period Bc250 years statues are presented they I visited Pengali venkaya flag hosting in the presence of Mahatma Gandhi all leaders in the year 1950 That place also I seen in Bapu musuem