Gadag Government Museum was started in 1998. A worthy symbol of history, this museum currently has a collection of around 700 antiquities, mainly sculptures, inscriptions, hero stones, excavation remains, modern paintings depicting the history of the country.
Gadag Government Museum is 416 km from Bangalore and 550 m from Gadag city.
Prehistoric and early historic remains, artifacts found during the excavation work undertaken by the department at Lakkundi village are displayed here. Neolithic weapons, Mesolithic pottery, Satavahana pottery, and beads of various shapes and colors are displayed here.
The museum has a collection of 50 silver coins of the 19th-20th century. These include 34 Queen Victoria coins, 05 coins of Emperor Edward VII and 11 coins of King George V.
Among the inscriptions collected in this museum are AD. 1007 donation Chintamani Attimabbe built a Jain basadi and the inscription is important.
Many sculptures collected from different parts of Gadag district are displayed in the museum. Kalyana Chalukya Hoysala fusion fine examples of sculptures can be seen here in parts of the temple. One can see many sculptures reflecting Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Jainism.
AD Gajalakshmi list of the Rashtrakuta period of the 9th century AD. The 11th-12th century Kalyana Chalukya sculptures of Virabhadra, Umamaheswara, Mahishasura Mardini, Kubera, Garuda, Surya, Vishnu, Vasuki, Mithuna sculptures, Mahavira sculpture, Chamaradhari Jain sculpture, Adinath sculpture collected from Hunagunda and Jain Tirthankar sculptures are the main attractions of this museum.
There are also many hero stones and inscriptions, among them the donation inscription given by Dana Chintamani Attimabbe for the construction of a Jain basadi, Parswanath Shilpa found in Dambala, there is a 10th century Kannada inscription on the pedestal of which mentions the construction of the basadi. AD 17th century wood carvings of Govardhana and Lakshmi are displayed in this museum.
