Telangana State Archaeology Museum
Telangana State Archaeology Museum or Hyderabad Museum is a museum located in Hyderabad, India. It is the oldest museum in Hyderabad.
History
is the first person to have recorded in carrying out archaeological explorations in Hyderabad State in 19th century. Department of Archaeology was established in 1914. Telangana State Archaeology Museum then known as Hyderabad Museum was first established in 1927. The museum was then located at Town Hall where today State Assembly is located. The museum was later shifted to the present building constructed by the seventh Nizam and in 1930 he named it as Hyderabad Museum and it was formally inaugurated by the Nizam on 31 March 1931.The museum was renamed as Andhra Pradesh State Archaeology Museum in 1960 after formation of Andhra Pradesh and in 2009 was renamed as Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy State Museum.
In 2008, a sword belonging to the Nizam and other artifacts were stolen from the museum.
After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014, the museum was renamed Telangana State Archeology Museum.
File:Mummy at Hyderabad museum2.jpg|right|thumb|Mummy of daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor, Ptolemaic Egypt
Collection
Egyptian
This museum's most popular attraction is its Egyptian mummy, believed to be of Princess Naishu, daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor. It was brought in 1930 to Hyderabad by Nasir Nawaz Jung, the son-in-law of Asaf Jah VI. He presented it to the Asaf Jah VII, who donated it to the museum. Jung had reportedly bought it for 1000 pounds. It is one of the six Egyptian mummies in India, the others being in Lucknow, Mumbai, Vadodara, Jaipur, and Kolkata.The mummy, which previously was deteriorating, was restored in 2016 and placed in an oxygen-free case. This was not entirely successful and is at risk, as of 2025.