Type Museum | ||
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Location Rakhigarhi, Hisar, Haryana, India Public transit access Rakhigarhi bus stand, Hisar Airport, Hisar Junction railway station | ||
The Rakhigarhi Indus Valley Civilisation Museum, with a research center and hostel for researchers, is a proposed museum to be built in Rakhigarhi village in Hisar district of Haryana state in India.
Museum
The museum has artifacts, interpretation center, research center and a hostel for the researchers.
In 2013, the Rakhigarhi village panchayat had donated 6 acre land to the Government of Haryana and the government had allocated INR 2.3 crore (INR 23 million or USD 350,000) for the general development of the site, work by the Archaeological Survey of India was put on hold after CBI inquiry into mismanagement of the fund.
In 2015, the Rakhigarhi Indus Valley Civilisation Museum-cum-Interpretation Centre has been set up by Government of Haryana by budgeting an initial amount of INR 5 crore (INR50 million) on the 6 acre land donated by the village panchayat.
In May 2016, development restarted after the Government of Haryana had taken possession of the land, finalized the site plan and released a further grant of INR23 crore (INR 230 million or USD3.5 million) in May 2016.