State Museum, Lucknow

 The state museum houses a large collection of artifacts and memorabilia and is located at Banarasi Bagh, within the city. The Numismatic, Handicrafts, Natural history and ethnographic sections of the museum are particularly interesting.

It is not only the oldest museum of the state but also one of the richest in the country. It displays a fascinating collection of coins right from the terra- cotta coins of the Indus Valley to the coins of the present day. Among other things the museum boasts of an Egyptian Mummy, the pistol of Chanderashekhar Azad, famous freedom fighter and many other works of art which are of historical importance.