Interesting facts

1. The Bangladesh National Museum was originally established as the "Dhaka Museum" on March 20, 1913. 2. The National Museum houses over 85,000 artifacts, making it one of the largest in South Asia. 3. Ahsan Manzil, often called the Pink Palace, was the official residential palace of the Nawab of Dhaka before becoming a museum. 4. The Liberation War Museum was largely crowd-funded by citizens to preserve the memory of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. 5. The Bangabandhu Military Museum in Bijoy Sarani features cutting-edge 3D mapping and augmented reality exhibits. 6. Lalbagh Fort, an incomplete 17th-century Mughal fort, contains a museum showcasing Mughal weaponry, calligraphy, and coins. 7. The Taka Museum, operated by Bangladesh Bank in Mirpur, displays a fascinating history of currency in the region. 8. The National Museum contains a renowned gallery dedicated to Zainul Abedin, the pioneer of Bangladeshi modern art. 9. The Museum of Independence is uniquely designed as an underground museum beneath Suhrawardy Udyan. 10. Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 preserves the exact state of the residence where the nation's founding father was assassinated in 1975. 11. The National Art Gallery is housed within the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. 12. Dhaka University has several specialized departmental museums, including an impressive geology and earth sciences collection. 13. The Bangladesh Police Museum in Rajarbagh documents the heroic resistance of police forces during the 1971 war. 14. The National Museum in Shahbagh occupies a massive four-story building with 44 distinct galleries. 15. The Postal Museum at the GPO features rare stamps from the British India period to modern Bangladesh. 16. The National Museum of Science and Technology in Agargaon features a rooftop observatory for amateur astronomers. 17. A significant portion of the ethnographic artifacts of Bangladesh's indigenous populations are preserved in the Dhaka museums. 18. The Asiatic Society Heritage Museum is located in a beautifully restored 19th-century merchant house in Nimtali. 19. Shishu Academy operates a dedicated Children's Museum featuring educational dioramas of Bangladeshi history. 20. Friday afternoons are typically the busiest times for museum visits in Dhaka, as it is the weekend.