Well maintained and a lovely place for all the artists. They have collections of ancient statues, old hand paintings, coins from the centuries etc. Its free to visit the museum. Worth a visit. No photography is allowed inside the museum. There is a beautiful jain temple outside the museum and the pics belong to that.

What a gorgeous hidden gem. Take time off, go to unwind and dont miss the 11am tours on a Saturday or Sunday!

Went there for BV Doshis architecture, stunning is the word Id give it.

Very good collection. If you are visiting Ahmedabad you must keep this place in your agenda. I was not only welcomed but officials facilitated my visit even after closing of Museum. I felt the culture Athithi devoted bhav. Rare Paintings, Indian sculptures, bronze, coins etc are well preserved, described and well maintained. Due to time constraints I was not able to spend adequate time. I will visit this place again.

Very good museum know as L. D. Museum ( Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum). I surprised that some rare coins collections I found here. Also rare ancient beautiful collections of statues, art work of sculptures on stone, wood even bronze, mix metals, paintings and drawings with beautifully draw by ancient colours, wooden carving art works on wood as well as on metals, ancient scripts written on papers, cloths, wood and stone very fabulous.Very nice architectural building, very good staff explain very well to people.

Well maintained and clean museum. I liked the collection. You can purchase pics of works.

The museum is quiet small, around the museum is lush greenery. From the outside the museum looks very bland. It has no colour on it and has only grey discoloured concrete walls so if you have trouble finding it from the road then look for an old bland looking building.Other than that the museum from the inside is quiet intriguing and fascinating.

Old building and museum with a great architecture of that era.Good collection of buddha statues.

Amazing, beautiful and charming placeAmazing, beautiful and charming place, with some rare ancient and beautiful statues, some rare painting and also some rare coins..all in an architecturally appealing building and well displayed..surprisingly had missed this place so far, despite several visits to ahmedabad..Definitely recommended for museum buffs and museum visitors, in fact turned out to be hidden gem, amongst indias many museums..Honestly i was almost speechless when i finished!Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum was a brain child of a revered Jain saint Agamprabhakar Muni Shri Punyavijayji Maharaj, and a philanthropic industrialist Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai who together collected 45,000 printed books of different languages like Apabhramsa , Hindi , Old Gujarati , Pali , Rajasthani , Sanskrit, etc . and 75,000 manuscripts . Their collection covers a wide variety of topics from Buddhism , Jainism and its darshans , grammar , tantra and poetics to Vedas , agama to the different branches of Indian philosophy. The internationally acclaimed architect Shri Balkrishnabhai Doshi visualized & designed the museum and the same was inaugurated in 1984. Some of the renowned art collectors are honoured by the Museum by naming gallaries after them :The ‘Muni Punyavijayaji Gallery’ includes the choicest compilation of paintings . Some of them are the Champaner jain pilgrimage painting of 1433 , the Agra Vijnaptipatra by Mughal painter Ustad Salivahana in 1610 . Highly appreciated illustrated manuscripts which we saw here were the Mandu Kalkacharyakatha of 1430 , the Matar Sangrahanisutra of 1583 , the Naldamayantirasa of 1610 in Mughal style , etc . A rare cosmological diagram Ashtdvipa of 1440 was a gem. There were paintings of pre Mughal era in Western Indian painting style and some rare illustrated wooden book covers created for palm leaf manuscripts including that of Vidyadevis circa 12th Century .‘Madhuri D. Desai Gallery’ holds in its collection the largest head of Buddha circa 3rd - 4th Century in stucco from Gandhara , the standing Visnu of the same period from Mathura , a rare small figure of Ganga from the same place dating back to 4th century , the earliest cult image of Lord Rama (early 6th century) of Gupta period from Devagadh , the Sanmukha Kartikey of the same period from M . P . , and some of the finest Chola sculptures circa 10th -11th Century .The ‘P.T. Munshaw Gallery’ showcases a rare collection of coins like the finest punch-marked ‘bentbar’. ‘Shri Arvindbhai Collection’ displayes Chola style Nataraja, a Nepali or Tibetan Bronze Mandala and Chinese or Japanese style cupboard in wood . Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai Collection of Indian Drawings from Calcutta represents drawings for Indian Miniature paintings belonging to various regional schoolsThe museum not only showcases some of the finest works in history but also puts in efforts towards their proper conservation in the Conservation Laboratory , where cleansing and preservation works are carried out.A visit to Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum of art & archaeology made us humble as we learnt the great work carried out by our ancestors .

What a great collection of sculptures !! A must visit place for all the ahmedabadis out there.. it has all these idols, paintings, sketches, and old collection. It is located just near the Gujarat university. There is no entry fee. Photography is not allowed.

Liked peacock dance. Institute of indology

U can easily pass 2-3 hrs if have interest...

Its beautiful place.... one of the historical place of India in ahemdabad...

Very well kept, cordial staff and what an amazing collection of Artifacts! A true history lover, would be welcomed by a treat of wonder of our rich heritage!!!

Institute of Indology, Architecture & designed by legend architect B.V Doshi. Though it was made many years ago but material used- exposed concrete wont let us feel so old about it. Huge institute with huge open surroundings & garden space.

Good one.Buddha statuesGood arrangements of things.Specialty : What I found special in this is that they have line drawings of olden times kept for presentation its like half done sketches and its beautiful.

Amazing place to surely visit if you are Keen to know about art and ancient architecture.

Building architecture is great also have best collection of artifacts...

An absolute treasure if you can persevere to find and enter its non descript quaint exteriors. Stunning collection of Indian miniatures, including one amazingly beautiful portrait of what could be Noor Jehan. Sculptures from the Pallava Chola dynasty and other 9th century beauties from across India. The Nataraja alone is worth a visit and a Ten -minute stare and gawk. Also has a section on ancient wooden furniture, textiles and bead works. Dont miss if in Ahmedabad. Its an exclusive experience as visitors are sparse

A worth visit when you are in town. Its a beautiful museum with paintings and sculptures one must see in person to live an experience. No entry fee and they have a gift shop with a lot of options to choose from.

Very nice place. Visit.

Its a nice place for art enthusiasts. Others might find it interesting at first but a little monotonous after a while.

Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is a museum exhibiting a massive collection of manuscripts, Gujarati Jain style paintings, rare diagrams on cosmology, a diverse collection of sculptures, a Japanese style ancient wooden cupboard, Tibetan mandalas in bronze, Indian drawings and miniature paintings and so much more.

This museum is made by B. V Doshi and which is great architecture, I love it everyone should visit once.

Brilliant Collection of artifacts and supportive and informative staff ..

This museum has one of the top collections of Indian Art in the world. The Mehta collection of miniatures is superb and includes one of the best collection of Jain paintings you can see. There are also superb sculpture and coin collections. The museums display is excellent and the explanations are very good. Very helpful staff. It is an experience that should not be missed.

Abbreviated as L.D Museum, the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum has Indian sculptures, bronzes, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, miniature paintings, woodwork, beadwork and ancient and contemporary coins. It was established in 1984. The museum is an outcome of visions of Muni Punyavijayaji, an erudite monk scholar and Sheth Kasturbhai Lalbhai, the well-known industrialist of Ahmedabad.The museum is located on the premises of the L.D. Institute of Indology. All the major regional styles of the sub-continent find their place on the ground floor in Madhuri D. Desai Gallery. The museum has finest paintings in Gujarati Jaina Style, some of which are older than Mughal Period. The paintings find their place on the 1st floor of the Museum Building.In its eastern wing of the Muni Punyavijayaji Gallery, there is a section displaying the Leelavati Lalbhai Woodwork Collection. The museum houses 76,000 handwritten Jain Manuscripts (500 illustrated versions) and 45000 printed books. This makes it as the largest collection of Jain scripts. The old books are written in languages such as Sanskrit, Pali, Old Gujarati, Apabhramsa, Hindi and Rajasthani.

It was not good at all so 0 star

Its one of the finest muesum of Jainism history I have seen till date. It have a good collection of arts. If you are in Ahmedabad and your interest is to mueseum must visit this place located in Navrangpura opposite LD college. Their is no tickets charge or etc. It have a huge parking. You will find big library behind the mueseum.

Must visit.Neat, clean and very disciplined.Photography is strictly prohibited inside the museum. So I could only manage to capture the entrance picture.When I visited the construction was still going on.

Amazing architecture and well curated museum.

Excellent collection!

Great Collection of Sculpures of gods,budhha and solankis kings many more you can see here.It have collection of sculptures from 1st century to 14th century.historical place... i love it

Best place for visit, Jainism based museum

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Mostly the museum contains paintings and architecture which clearly shows the evolution of the paintings and architecture in india

Consisting of couple of floors. Ground floor is about statues and first is about manuscripts.

Amazing place to visit if you love paintings and sculptures

Excellent collection

Loved to visit this place. Free of cost. Stone sculptures of dynasties and their Gods. Clean and public free cool place. Youll definitely enjoy and learn from those sculptures.

Nice museum nice sculpture I like it its located on Ahmed a bad I love it weather and the monument there. Amazing, beautiful and charming place, with some rare ancient and beautiful statues, some rare painting and also some rare coins.. all in an architecturally appealing building and well displayed.. surprisingly had missed this place so far, despite several visits to ahmedabad..

It is a great piece of architecture and an architect student must vist once before their graduation, also the display at the museum are great and helps to learn much about stone, wooden carvings , coin collection and art

Since its inception in 1956, the L. D. Institute of Indology has been collecting and preserving rare manuscripts and artifacts of various kinds, some of which are handed over to the L.D. Museum. The Museum is the product of the vision and energy of two remarkable persons who were responsible for its establishment: Muni Punyavijayaji, an erudite monk scholar and Sheth Kasturbhai Lalbhai, the well-known industrialist of Ahmedabad. As the collection grew over the years, the Board of Trustees (of the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir), felt strongly the need for a separate museum building to house the display of its collection. Consequently, a new museum building was built adjacent to the existing building of the Institute, which was also designed by the internationally acclaimed architect, Balkrishna Doshi. The collection in the new museum building was opened to the public in 1984 and was formally inaugurated by Braj Kumar Nehru (Governor of Gujarat) in 1985.

Architect B.v.doshi has designed a master peace. Many architectural details of concrete one can see and pre cast concrete use as wood in the building..andany more

Marvelous museum of rare Jain manuscripts and Artifacts.nicely displayed in a methodical way .Interested in Jainism must see.

Beautiful crafted space and interesting collection of history

Lovely place if u like historical stuff u should thak a visit

The Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum (also known as L. D. Museum) is a museum of Indian Sculptures, Bronzes, Manuscript Paintings, Miniature Paintings and Drawings, Wood carving pieces, ancient and contemporary Coins and lastly Bead work art pieces.collection consists of Sculptures, Bronzes, Manuscript Paintings, Miniature Paintings, Monumental Paintings, Drawings, Wood carving art works, Coins and Bead-work art pieces.includes the collection of books allied with Indian studies, especially on references related to Western Art-history and Indian Art and its culture.

A good place to visit

Worth visiting. Very interesting for people interested in hostory & Archaeology

What a collection of old coins ...

Good..

It was a great experience being here, i got to learn alot everything was so fascinating that i cant express in words @mincrea_

Wonderful and so rich museum. I have not seen such a wonderful and nicely managed website by any museum. really great job.

Amazing peice of Architecture by Doshi Sir, and my visit fruitful as me my friends bumped into Doshi sir and a group of interns. He explained everything about how he designed this beauty.

Very good museum. They have kept it very clean. there is also painting museum right besides it. if you are interested in history and art you can easily spend 2 to 3 hrs

Also called institute of indology, this place is absolutely beautiful with the amalgamation of concrete with nature. Peacocks roam freely here and you get to witness the conservation of ancient Jain manuscripts.

Place is nice, you can find many ancient statues and models. Historical data and some photos are too good. It takes me to the past where i can feel the culture of people who had lived here.

Great artifacts and sculpture. Well maintained also

Amazing! Wonderful! Magnificent! Experience of a lifetime!

Superb experience. What an amazing place. So peaceful. Cant believe that this place is on main road but after entering the campus, you feel you are far away from main road.What a collection of pictures, coins, idols.Amazing collection of Jain, shaive, Buddhist sculptures.Got to see few jain tirthankara idols so closely. If you see into the eyes of idols closely , you will start feeling something different.Above all, what a collection in library. Two sections in library. One for books and another one for manuscripts. They have 80000+ manuscripts in the library. Some of the books are so rare.This institute also invite scholars to speak on various topics.

A must see exhibition of Indian drawings curated by Director and veteran art historian Ratan Parimoo. Lovely space designed by Balkrishna Doshi. An oasis of peace in the midst of busy Navrangpura. The next door N.C. Mehta collection within the same campus is also not to be missed.

There used to be good collection of old coin and currency. Now I dont see the charm.

Nice museum . Ancient sculpture,. Must visit. So many diff. Diff. Sculpture .

Its wonderful museum. It is having great collectiom of art pieces and statues sculptures. Lot of miniature paintings are there. Two floors for display . Ground floor displaying sculptures and the first floor displaying paintings. mechanical Lighting inside is really good. Space to move comfertably. Its located near cept university. Should visit to explore art.Beautiful place.

Amazing collection by connoisseur of art , a must visit in Ahmedabad !

If you are interested in architectural and painting styles from the past it is the right place. They have a collection of paintings from almost as old as 10th century and collection of sculptures. Very well maintained and peaceful museum.

Great museum of antiques from all over the world owned by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum. Its free of cost and totally worth visiting. 600 year old metal coins from Maharashtra to handwoven carpets from Himachal to marbel idols of Buddha. You can find it all!

The place is very well maintained. Everything is kept in a way that is clear to see, plus they also have descriptions.

Best Indology center. Topmost among those centers in the country. Many catalogue and manuscripts are there here

What a pleasing experience it was to revisit past of Indian society, the place is a must to visit on list of Ahmedabad. The ambience is comforting and a piece of art

Nice place amazing architecture building nice work by bv doshi

Lovely collection.... Superbly maintain.... You must be try for a once

Near ld college. Very nice

Its nice monument

Great collection...maybe they can have some ppl as guides

The place can integrate technology and use a lot more audio visual cues to make for a more engaging experience. Things seem to scattered here; there are sections capturing artefacts of Chola, Mughal, Jain and other dynasties and religions but more efforts have been made towards mere preservation rather than giving patrons a vivid account of the Indian heritage. Doesn’t help that one isn’t allowed to click photographs. Museums should allow patrons to take snaps and post them so other visitors would be eager to check out the place. Very outdated approach towards technology. Also having a staff follow the patrons everywhere can be uncomfortable and intrusive. On the positive side, the museum stores some beautiful works, especially the Jain artworks on cloth.

I visited last month but its under construction but collection is very good you can visit if you have time

Superb Place for historical items😍Stone made murtis hand work design on clothes etc.

Good

Two things in particular i would like to mention about this mesume.1. Rich collection of Indian coins ranging from 5th century gupta and Kushan Dynasties, 13th century khilji dynasty, the Mughal empire, the east india company to early independent india coins. Youll get to see the Silver coins, copper coins and the new cupronickel coins. Unfortunately they havent kept the gold coins in display due to security reasons.2. The paintings & drawings from varied period of time. Some paintings from 16th-18th century have so much details and sharpness it looks comparable to a high defination photo.there is textiles, manuscript and idols to see.Spare minimum 2 hrs to really observe and appreciate all the art work.

This museum has very good collection of Indian arts and especially Jainism related sculptures and patras. There are many big paats of various times arts and stones. You can get the knowledge of Ashtapad and Bharat kshetra by the visit of this museum. The staff is really helpful and nice. One should visit this place in the morning so that they can visit it peacefully.The different architecture of different old dynasties are stored here. For school children, it is a good place to visit.

Museum known for pre-Mughal paintings, bronzes & sculptures, plus rare manuscripts & coins.

Some really good talks and seminars happen in the campus. Must keep a check.

I wish it could be more open and Interactive for visitors

Its Good noon visit here.Have Got a well Maintenaned & preserved museum catering Indology .One of a kind !

Great collection of artifacts. Amazing architecture, designed by the Pritzker laureate B.V. Doshi.

Its a museum where old sculptures and statues are collected. . Very rare, old and beautiful art you can see over here. .

For the people interested in history... Various sculpture from various dynasty present here... Excellent maintenance...

Superb collection of Manuscripts, idols of God,Goddess and old paintings,etc. You will enjoy.

Most wonderful collection of sculptures and miniature paintings of various styles from various regions of India over several centuries.

If you dont know history, then you dont know anything. You are a leaf that doesnt know it is part of a tree. – Michael CrichtonHistory connects us with our roots. Museum is the humble abode where it conserves, nurtures and protects history in its womb and makes it come alive for the present generation. The L.D. Museum envisions the same path. The perfect mingling of art and history can be observed here. During 1956, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Institute of Indology was established with the joint efforts of Shri. Kasturbhai Lalbhai, a wellknown and prominent Ahmedabad based industrialist, and Jain Acharya Muni. Punyavijayji. Muni. Punyavijayji donated his personal collection of illustrated and un-illustrated manuscripts, bronzes and cloth paintings at time at the establishment of Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Indological Institute. With the passage of time the collection grew more and more prominent which created a need for an exclusive display of the artifacts. Thus, in 1984 a new building adjacent to the L.D. Institute of Indology was built by internationally acclaimed architect Shri. Balakrishna Doshi. The L.D. Museum was formally inaugurated by Shri. Brajkumar Nehru, the then Governor of Gujarat in 1985.The museum was inaugurated with two designated galleries, Smt. Madhuri Desai Gallery (Ground Floor) and Muni Punyavijayji Gallery (First Floor). In 2004, a third gallery Priyakant T. Munshaw Gallery of coinage was designed.Through the passage of time, museum has developed, flourished and added many new artifacts in its rich collection like Arvind Collection, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Collection, Gopi-Anand Beadwork Collection, Lilavati Lalbhai Woodwork Collection and The latest exclusive sectian included in this list is Pahari School Ramayana Drawings of Ayodhya Kanda collection on March 2016.

Amazing collection must visit, Im still amazed why its not popular...!!

Beautiful architecture by BV Doshi, it also houses a museum on indology.

L.D Museum collecting and most unseen art & monuments caring, Sharing histories to new generations. Must visit with you and your family.

Fabulous collection of Ahmadabad history,Also for students,Old Novels also their for reading,Art Pictures collection also their.

The only place in Gujarat to study Indology, accompanied by the Museum and lot of beautiful peacock.Vast library of rare books and rarest Manuscript

Nice place with open ground... 👌

This place has really great paintings.. must visit

Well maintained sculptures. Has a lot of historical collection back from the 12th century or even before.