Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum

The Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum in Itanagar is the state museum of Arunachal Pradesh, located near Zero Point in the capital city. Established in the 1980s and opened to the public in 1989, it serves as the premier repository of the state's tribal heritage. The museum is notable for its extensive ethnographic collections, archaeological artifacts, traditional textiles, woodcarvings, and handicrafts representing the diverse tribes of Arunachal Pradesh.

Visitors can expect a single-storey museum complex with multiple galleries displaying ethnographic and archaeological collections. Galleries showcase traditional costumes, headgear, textiles, woodcarvings, bamboo and cane crafts, weapons, musical instruments, and ritual objects of Arunachal Pradesh tribes. An archaeology section displays excavated sculptures and artifacts from sites like Malinithan. The surroundings are urban with landscaped grounds, and visitors can explore indoor exhibition halls, a library, and a handicrafts section at a leisurely pace.