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Kondapur Site Museum Set to Reopen After Three-Year Closure
The Kondapur site museum in Telangana has been closed for three years.
Part of its ceiling fell down in 2023.
The Archaeological Survey of India is repairing and improving the museum.
Officials hope to reopen it in November.
New interactive displays and landscaped areas are also planned.
The museum holds nearly 8,900 objects from long ago.
These objects include pots, figures, beads, coins, tools and fossils.
The museum helps visitors learn about how ancient people lived, worked and traded.
The Archaeological Survey of India plans to reopen Kondapur’s site museum in November.
The museum has been closed for three years since part of its ceiling collapsed in 2023.
Renovation works are half completed, with redesigned surroundings, interactive platforms and landscaping planned.
The museum houses nearly 8,900 antiquities from the Satavahana-period settlement and archaeological excavations.
Exhibits include pottery, terracotta figurines, beads, coins, fossils, stone tools and a Buddhapada.
- Who
- The Archaeological Survey of India is restoring and preparing the museum for reopening.
- What
- The Kondapur site museum will reopen after ceiling repairs and broader renovation work.
- Where
- The museum is at the Kondapur archaeological site in Sangareddy, about 100 kilometres from Hyderabad, Telangana.
- When
- It has been closed since 2023, and reopening is planned for November.
- Why
- The museum was closed after a ceiling collapse and is being upgraded as a heritage destination.
Key facts
- Museum status
- Closed for three years after part of the ceiling collapsed in 2023
- Expected reopening
- Planned for November
- Collection size
- Nearly 8,900 antiquities
- Historical period
- The archaeological site dates to the Satavahana Period, 200 BCE–200 CE
- Planned improvements
- Renovated ambience, interactive platforms and landscaping
- Museum administration
- The collection came under the Archaeological Survey of India in 1952
- Notable exhibit
- A Buddhapada, or stone representation of the Buddha’s footprints
Quotes
Nihil Das
Superintending archaeologist of the ASI Hyderabad Circle
“It took some time to prepare a detailed project report for executing renovation works, which have now been half completed. We are planning to inaugurate it in the month of November,”
deccanchronicle.com
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