The Ethnological Museum of Chittagong ( bn, জাতিতাত্ত্বিক জাদুঘর) is the only
ethnological
Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology). ...
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. Located in
Agrabad
Agrabad ( bn, আগ্রাবাদ) is a downtown central business district, commercial and financial area in Chattogram, the second largest city of Bangladesh. Located close to the city's harbor, it hosts numerous Bangladeshi and internati ...
,
Chittagong, it contains displays featuring the history of Bangladesh's
tribal people
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...
.
History
The museum was established in 1965 and opened to the public in 1974.
Two rooms were added to the museum during 1985–1995. In 1996, a gallery with folk articles of
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
-speaking people was added.
References
External links
Lonely Planet review for Ethnological MuseumEthnological Museumo
WikimapiaEthnological Museum, Chittagong by Muhammad Nizamul Haque
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Museums established in 1965
Buildings and structures in Agrabad
Ethnographic museums in Asia
Museums in Chittagong
Tourist attractions in Chittagong Division