The
Jhansi museum is located in the Jhansi Fort itself. The Jhansi museum is
a not-to-be-missed tourist destination in Jhansi. The museum not only
gives an insight to the history and heritage of Jhansi but whole of
Bundelkhand region. The museum also gives a deep insight in to the life
of Chandela dynasty. Among others, The Jhansi Museum houses weapons,
statues, dresses and photographs that represent the Chandela dynasty. The museum also boasts off a separate picture gallery that is dedicated to the life and times of Gupta Kings. In fact, the picture gallery of the Gupta period is the major highlight of this museum. Apart from that, the museum also has numerous terracotta, bronzes, manuscripts, paintings and coins.
There is a separate gallery for weapons too that has impressive collections of weaponry and arsenals used by Chandela, Bundles and British during the course of history. It also contains some of the weapons used by Jhansi ki Rani and other mutineers during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
