The Kittur Rani Channamma Memorial Government Museum at Kittur in the state of Karnataka is a museum of Art. It was established in the year 1967 with an objective to preserve the ancient objects of art and archaeology.
Presently it is a show house of sculptures, inscriptions, arms and armoury, woodcarvings, folk art objects, archaeological objects, modern and contemporary paintings.
The museum is kept open from 9 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the evening. It remains closed on every Monday.
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(Last Updated on : 31-08-2009)
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