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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR – ZONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM


The Anthropological museum in Port Blair started in the year 1975-76, is an ethnographic museum. It showcases the four Negrito Tribes of the Andaman viz. the Jarawas, Sentinelese, Great Andamanese and the Onges and two Mongoloid Tribes of the Nicobar viz. the Nicobarese and the Shompens. This museum is closed on Mondays and Govt. Holidays. Timings: 09:00 AM to 01.00 PM and 01.30 PM to 04.30 PM.

Zonal Anthropological Museum

Zonal Anthropological Museum along with the articles also has a wide range of photographs taken in different periods. These depict the structure of the houses, utensils, ornaments and day to day goods used by these tribes, thus providing a good insight into their lifestyle. The museum also exhibits some rare artefacts of the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands which are nearly 500 in number. Around 75 photographs with 5 maps and charts also make up the rich repertoire of the museum. People who are interested to visit the museum may visit between 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., all throughout the year daily except on Thursdays and public holidays when it remains closed.
Thus with some rare photographs and artefacts, the Zonal Anthropological Museum is the go to place in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, for those who want to gain in-depth insight into the lifestyle of the nomadic tribes of the Islands, along with their phase by phase evolution and development till the present time.

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  • Near HDFC Bank, Pantha Chowk, Srinagar J&K - 191101
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