Bangabandhu Military Museum

Bangabandhu Military Museum is a military museum of Bangladesh. Administered by the Bangladesh Army, the museum is located right beside the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre at Bijoy Sarani of the capital Dhaka.^[1][2][3] The museum has a collection of Bangladesh's military history, heritage, success stories and various weapons and ammunition.^[4][5][6] It is now most popular to the young generation and also to the ll ages people.^[7]

Bangabandhu Military Museum

বঙ্গবন্ধু সামরিক জাদুঘর
Established	1987
Location	Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Dhaka
Coordinates	23.7638°N 90.3858°E / 23.7638; 90.3858
Type	Military
Curator	Bangladesh Army
Website	bangabandhumilitarymuseum.com

History

The museum was established in 1987. It was permanently moved in its current location at Bijoy Sarani in 1999.^[8] It has a collection of vehicles and weapons rescued from the then Pakistani army after the Liberation war of Bangladesh.^[9]

Design and layout

The museum is a joint venture project of, Ali Imam (Architect), Bayejid Mahbub Khondker (Architect), Nakshabid Architects (an architectural consultancy firm), Design Work Group (DWG), Mukta Dinwiddie Maclaren Architects (MDM) combinedly worked on the museum's interior and exterior.^[10]

The museum is divided in to six sections, including the Bangladesh History Gallery on the ground floor, Bangladesh Army Gallery on the 2nd floor, Bangladesh Air Force gallery on the 3rd floor, UN Peacekeeping Gallery on the 4th floor, and Bangladesh Navy Gallery at the basement.

There is also a separate museum named "Toshakhana Jadughor" within the museum complex, where gifts and awards received by the country's important personnel are showcased.^[11]

There is also a grand sculpture in the middle of the "Toshakhana Jadughor" and all the artefacts see showcased around it in a corkscrew pattern.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sculpture

The museum also has a wide implementation of Augmented Reality, Interactive Displays, Virtual Reality, Holograms etc. It also has a private movie theater called Star Cineplex.^[12]

The site map/layout at the Bangabandhu Military Museum

Gallery

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  Models at the Army Gallery in Bangabandhu Military Museum
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  One of the Augmented reality exhibits of the Navy Gallery at the Bangabandhu Military Museum
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  Decommissioned P 4-class torpedo boat of Bangladesh Navy preserved at Bangladesh Military Museum
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  Models at the Navy Gallery in Bangabandhu Military Museum
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  UN Peacekeeping Gallery at Bangabandhu Military Museum
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  Digital 360 degree fish tank at Bangabandhu museum
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  Main Building of the Museum
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  Green field and Statue
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  Star Cineplex inside the Museum
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  One side of the museum

References

1. "Hasina opens Bangabandhu Military Museum". 7 January 2022.
2. "Plan to set up Bangabandhu Military Museum in capital". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
3. "President visits Bangabandhu Military Museum | News Flash".
4. "A portal to travel back to the nation's glorious past".
5. ঘুরে আসুন সামরিক জাদুঘর, চলছে প্রদর্শনী. Dhaka Times 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
6. বিজয়ের সমরসম্ভার সামরিক জাদুঘরে. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
7. "Military Museum will inspire youths to join armed forces: PM".
8. সামরিক জাদুঘরে মুক্তিযুদ্ধের স্মৃতি. Ekushey TV (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
9. সামরিক জাদুঘর সশস্ত্রবাহিনীর রোমাঞ্চকর ইতিহাস. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
10. "Bangabandhu Military Museum: When architecture brings bravery and history to life". 22 March 2022.
11. "PM for upholding dignity by building poverty-free prosperous country".
12. "Star Cineplex's branch at Bangabandhu Military Museum opens tomorrow". 11 May 2022.

External links

• Media related to Bangabandhu Military Museum at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website