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About Shri Pratap Singh Museum

The Shri Pratap Singh Museum, typically called the SPS Museum, is a museum in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Established in 1898, the museum homes a group of over 80,000 objects from numerous regions in Northern India. In 1889, a suggestion for the inspiration of an archaeology museum within the Indian town of Srinagar become formulated via Amar Singh and S.H. Godmerry. Singh turned into an officer in the Colonial Indian Army, whilst Godmerry changed into a scholar. The pair produced and submitted a memorandum to Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, the ruler of Sringar and Amar's older brother. The Majarah prevalent the suggestion and agreed to allow for the established order of a museum; this new organization might residence artifacts from Jammu, Kashmir, Baltistan and Gilgit.
The museum become to be positioned interior a state-owned constructing near the Jhelum river. The establishment of the museum became overseen by using John Marshal, a British archaeologist who became renowned for his work in preserving the archaeological records of India. Srinagar's Accountant General, one Mr. Blerjee, became appointed because the first president of the museum; Blerjee was additionally tasked with recording a big series of cash the museum introduced to its collection. The museum opened to the general public in 1898, with its first series such as items from Majarah Pratap's palace treasury.
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