Srimanthi Bhai Memorial Government Museum Mangalore, Karnataka was founded on 4 May 1960 by Sri B.D Jatti, the chief minister of Karnataka Government.The museum is located in Bejai, a little off the main road, but it is worth the effort to find. The major portions of the collections were made by Col. V.R. Mirajkar. He was a medical officer at Lahore during the Second World War in the British Indian Army.The museum was his living house, designed and constructed in nearly the same blueprint as the building structures of Milan, Italy, in the year 1935, and it looks like a ship. Later, the house was donated to the government of Karnataka in 1955,along with all the collection of antiques and contemporary masterpieces acquired during his trips within and outside India. Thereafter, it was transformed into a museum and named in honour and memory of his mother, Srimanthi Bhai. The museum consists of Paleolithic & Neolithic stone tools, coins, metal utensils, ethnologixal materials, arms & armors,replicas of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, Gandhara & Takshahshila school of art, Warangal, Nagarajunakonda, Sarnath, Konark, Kushana, Ahimchatra etc. Animal seals, wooden panels, gigantic wooden figurines, porcelain materials, musical instruments, lamps, clock,wooden god figurines and other antiques. The first floor of the building is dedicated to collections made by col.V.R. Mirajkar. It also contains a photo gallery, Gandhiji photo gallery and a kids section. Outer premises covers hero stone, sati stones, kannada inscriptions, statues, of soldiers, Jaina, Veerabhadra, Vinayaka, Nagastones & cannons collected from Jamalabad Fort, Belthangady.It also has wide variety of items from manuscripts to coin, paintings, furniture, sculptures, Chinese porcelain pots.Museum has interesting pieces of modern art work and the stone cravings belonging to various periods within Karnataka. Puppetry, wooden art work and bootharadhane related artifacts pertaining to Tulunadu are very rare and interesting. It also hosts modern art work collected from Java. The museum is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, seven days a week.One can spend 2 hour here if interested in Art and history. Staffs here speaks kannada they don't know much about the details of museum.Ticket costs ₹20 per head please note that UPI is not encouraged ONLY CASH.Unfortunately I forgot to bring my wallet & requested the head here, he was very kind hearted told to do UPI. Note-Photography inside the museum is not allowed.