Chittagong University Museum, Bangladesh

Established in 1973 at the initiative of the Chittagong University Authority, this academic museum supports research and encourages public appreciation of Bangladesh's history, archaeology and art heritage.

Founding traces back to 26 November 1966 (when the university itself began), sparked by an exhibition of 24 antiquities donated by Mumtaz Hasan (president of the Museum Association of Pakistan). Historian Prof Azizur Rahaman Mallick, the university's first Vice Chancellor, conceived the museum idea with historian Dr Abdul Karim; further objects were gathered via a joint field survey by the History Department.

The museum moved to its current three-storey building within the campus in 1992.

First floor galleries: Pre-History and Archaeological, Sculpture, Islamic Art, Folk Art, Contemporary Art. Ground floor: Abdul Karim reference library, conservation lab, exhibition/workshop space, documentation and research centre, stores and offices, plus an open-air stage and thematic gardens.

Permanent Collections: roughly 2,000 antiquities spanning over two thousand years of history from greater Chittagong and beyond — coins, inscriptions, manuscripts, sculptures, epigraphs, wood works, terracotta, arms and armaments, textiles, metalwork, porcelain, jewelry, minor art, and contemporary Bangladeshi art.