VICTORIA JUBILEE MUSEUM, VIJAYAWADA

THE MUSEUM WAS CREATED AS A PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE  OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN 1887.

VICTORIA JUBILEE MUSEUM IN VIJAYAWADA HAS A GREAT IMPORTANCE IN HISTORY OF INDIA.  IT IS THE PLACE WHERE MAHATMA GANDHI ACCEPTED OUR TRI COLOUR FLAG OF OUR NATION WHEN IT IS SHOWED BY PINGALI VENKAYYA GARU. 

IT WAS CONVERTED IN TO AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM BY DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSEUMS, ANDHRA PRADESH IN 1962.