Art Galleries & Museums

Gita Bhavan is dedicated as a Museum for puranic and mythological awareness of the common public. The Gita Bhavan encloses many paintings and statues of characters from Hindu Mythology. The paintings include the renowned Gita Sandesh depicting Lord Krishna and the great Pandava Warrior Arjuna in a Chariot in the Kurukshetra War field. The statues and sculptures are very attractive and give detailed information on the Hindu Gods and Goddesses and the Hindu culture in the ancient period.

KRC (Kumaon Regimental Centre) Museum, the museum established by Kumaon Regiment of Indian Army in 1970s, reveals the historical importance of Garhwal and Kumaon regiments. It showcases valuable materials like Rani Jhasi's silver scepters, documents and pictures related to Kargil War, a wireless field telephone used in World War –II by Japanese and Chinese rifles captured in1962 war.

Gurney house, on Ayarpatta Hill, is a famous spot thanks to the popularity of Jim Corbett. Jim Corbett, initially a hunter, who later turned into a conservationist and began writing on conservation of wildlife especially tigers, was born in Nainital. He took to spreading awareness among the people on nature and its conservation.

A motivational hall was inaugurated at Lansdowne in 1983 to display the rare collection of Garhwal Rifles. This museum is name after Darban Singh Negi.

A little away from the Kaushani bus stand is a museum named after the Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant. The house which has the museum is the poet's house of his childhood days. His daily use articles, drafts of his poems, letters, his awards etc. are displayed here.

Sumitranandan Pant Gallery is a museum located at Kasauni and is dedicated to the great Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant whose birth place is Kasauni. The museum is housed in the same house in which the poet spends his childhood days.

Established in the year 1906, Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, is focusing on research and other activities connected with forests. Apart from its educational significance, this institution houses an exceptional structural beauty. The Forest Research Institute is stretch over a vast expansion of 4.5 square kilometer of lustrous greenery and it shows an imposing structure with Colonial and Greco-Roman styles of architecture.

A deemed University, this celebrated institution houses Six museums which are accessible to the general public. The institution also holds the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy and the head office of the Indian Council of Forestry Research.

A unique Museum dedicated to collect and study of various subjects in relation to the origin, development and sustenance of the mankind on earth. The Museum, which is renowned as the Zonal Museum, is situated on Hardwar Road in Dehradun. It started its functioning in the year 1971.

It is devoted to explaining the origin and customs of the people lived in the foothills of the mighty mountain ranges.Zonal Museum is a graceful endeavor to give a clear account of the cultural and physical anthropology of western and central Himalayas.

Located at Kaladhungi, Corbett Museum is in a heritage bungalow of Jim Corbett, the renowned environmentalist, hunter as well as a front runner in the tiger conservation. This magnificent museum brings to the forefront of memory the life and activities of the spectacular and distinguished personality. Corbett National Park visits gets its full value only with the museum visit.