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The country's largest museum: four floors of history, natural history, Liberation War and world civilisation galleries in the heart of Dhaka.
Shahbagh, Dhaka
Saturday – Wednesday: 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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The story of 1971 told through objects given by the families of the martyrs, in a purpose-built museum at Agargaon.
Agargaon, Dhaka
Monday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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The Nawabs' pink palace on the bank of the Buriganga, restored room by room as a museum of nineteenth-century Dhaka.
Islampur, Dhaka
Saturday – Wednesday: 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM
From ৳20
DetailsBangladesh's oldest museum, founded in 1910: Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, ancient inscriptions and Indus Valley finds, run by Rajshahi University.
Hatem Khan, Rajshahi
Saturday – Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
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A museum of the south's rivers, people and past, in the restored 1821 Collectorate building — nine galleries opened in 2015.
Sadar Road, Barishal
Tuesday – Saturday: Daytime — times vary by season, check locally
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A white zamindar palace with an Italian-marble staircase, now home to the Rangpur Museum — terracotta, Sanskrit and Arabic manuscripts, and old weapons.
Tajhat, Rangpur
Tuesday – Saturday: Daytime — times vary by season, check locally
Ticketed; the price is not published online — check at the counter. No photography inside.
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An underground museum at Suhrawardy Udyan, where the surrender of 16 December 1971 was signed, beneath a 50-metre tower of light.
Shahbagh, Dhaka
Saturday – Wednesday: 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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Hands-on galleries, a 4D theatre, a mirror maze and telescope evenings at Agargaon — entry is ৳20.
Agargaon, Dhaka
Sunday – Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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Tanks, aircraft and artillery in the open and three service galleries indoors, at Bijoy Sarani next to the Novo Theatre.
Bijoy Sarani, Dhaka
Saturday – Tuesday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM
From ৳150
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