Artistically sited on the banks of the beautiful Hamirsar Lake, the oldest museum of Gujarat, The Kutch Museum at Bhuj initially formed part of the school of Art established by Maharao Khengarji on 1st July, 1877. At the time of Maharao Khengarji`s marriage in Feb - 1884, an exhibition of Kutch Arts and Crafts was exhibited. Exhibits worth Rs. 3300 were given to the Museum at the termination of exhibition. These exhibits necessitated the construction of a new building. According on 14 November, 1884, the foundation stone for the present museum building was laid by the governor of Bombay, Sir James Fergusson. The two story building was designed by the state engineer MC Lelland and was constructed at a cost of Rs.32000.Earlier the museum was open to the public only on religious occasions. After independence the museum came to be known as the Kutch museum.

On the ground floor in the central room is displayed Airavat, an Indian elephant. In 1978 the Govt. of India issued a postal stamp showing Airavat to commemorate the museum`s centenary. The museum has the largest collections of Kshatrap inscription, of 89 found in Andhau and the only Abhir inscription of Gujarati dated 332 A.D are the main attractions for scholars. It also has a fine collection of Kutch silver, golden and enameling work, textiles, wood work, coins, old utensils, arms and other archeological objects and a section on the communications of the district.