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Assam State Museum, Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam, India

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Overview

The state's premier museum — Kamarupa and Ahom-era sculpture, manuscripts, tribal galleries and a recreated Assamese village on Dighalipukhuri's bank.

Why visit: The best single window into Assam's long history.

Things to do

›Kamarupa sculpture
›Tribal galleries
›Manuscript wing
›Village tableau

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar (closed Mon)

Entry fee

₹10–20

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

0.1 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.0

Dighalipukhuri & Guwahati Ghats

Guwahati, Assam

The historic rectangular tank of Kamarupa legend in the city heart — pedal boats, a promenade and the old ghats and museums around it.

Oct–Mar; evenings1–2 hrsExplore

0.6 km

🛕 Religious

4.1

Ugratara Temple, Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam

An Ahom-era Shakti temple of the goddess Tara beside the Jor Pukhuri twin tanks — one of Guwahati's important tantric shrines, near the museum quarter.

Oct–Mar; Navaratri1 hrExplore

0.7 km

📍 Family

4.0

Nehru Park & Guwahati Planetarium

Guwahati, Assam

A city-centre park of dance-pose sculptures depicting Assam's folk forms, beside the domed Guwahati Planetarium's sky shows.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

0.7 km

🪂 Adventure

4.1

Nilachal Ropeway (Kamakhya–City)

Guwahati, Assam

India's longest river ropeway across the Brahmaputra, linking the city to North Guwahati — aerial views of the great river, its islands and the temple hills.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

0.9 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.3

Brahmaputra River Cruise & Sunset, Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam

Sunset dinner cruises on the mighty Brahmaputra — dolphin sightings, the Umananda island silhouette and the city's ghats aglow from the water.

Oct–Mar; evenings2–3 hrsExplore

1.3 km

🛕 Religious

4.2

Navagraha Temple, Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam

The 'temple of nine planets' on Chitrachal hill — an ancient centre of astrology and astronomy that gave Guwahati its old name Pragjyotishpura.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

1.3 km

🛕 Religious

4.4

Umananda Temple (Peacock Island)

Guwahati, Assam

A Shiva temple on the world's smallest inhabited river island, mid-Brahmaputra — reached by ferry, home to the rare golden langur and Ahom-era carvings.

Oct–Mar; Shivaratri2–3 hrsExplore

3.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.0

Aswaklanta & Manikarneswar, North Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam

Ahom-era hill temples on the Brahmaputra's north bank — the Aswaklanta Vishnu temple and Manikarneswar Shiva shrine, reached by ferry with river views.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

4.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.1

Doul Govinda & North Guwahati Temples

Guwahati, Assam

The Krishna temple of Doul Govinda across the river, famed for its Holi Doul festival — reached by ferry with a cluster of old north-bank shrines.

Oct–Mar; Doul (Mar)Half dayExplore

4.9 km

📍 Festival

4.7

Bihu Festival & Assamese Folk Culture

Guwahati, Assam

Assam's soul — the spring Rongali Bihu of husori dance and dhol, the harvest Bhogali Bihu of feasting and bonfires, and the autumn Kongali Bihu, statewide.

Apr (Rongali); Jan (Bhogali)1–3 daysExplore

4.9 km

📍 Temple

4.6

Atop Nilachal Hill above the Brahmaputra sits the most revered of the 51 Shakti Peethas — a beehive-domed shrine where the goddess is worshipped as the source of creation itself, thronged by tantrics and pilgrims, especially during the Ambubachi Mela.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

5 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.5

Assamese Cuisine Trail (Thali, Fish & Pitha)

Guwahati, Assam

The subtle Assamese table — khar and tenga fish curries, duck with ash gourd, bamboo-shoot dishes, pithas and the earthy flavours of the Brahmaputra valley.

Year-roundOngoingExplore