Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar

{{short description|State museum at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox museum

| name =Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum

| image = Jawaharlal Nehru Museum.JPG| imagesize = 240

| caption = Entrance of Jawaharlal Nehru Museum

| established =

| location = State Museum Road,
Itanagar 791111

| coordinates = {{coord|27.102036|93.625003}}

| type =ethnographic and archeological

| director =

| owner =Government of Arunachal Pradesh

| website =

}}

File:Monpa diorama.JPG of the Monpa people at the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum]]

The Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum (or simply Jawaharlal Nehru Museum) is the state museum of Arunachal Pradesh, in Itanagar. Established in the 1980s,{{cite book |title=Arunachal Pradesh: past and present|author=H. G. Joshi |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=2005|isbn=8183240003 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGGAyVQJTRwC&dq=Jawaharlal+Nehru+Museum%2C+Itanagar&pg=PA59}} it showcases aspects of tribal life of the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. These include clothing, headdress, weapons, handicraft, music instruments, jewellery and other artifacts of daily use and culture, besides archeological finds.{{cite book |last1=Bradnock |first1=Robert|last2=Bradnock|first2=Roma|title=Indian Himalaya handbook: the travel guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TyZGp_YVzb8C&pg=PA340|accessdate=3 April 2012|date=1 March 2001|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-900949-79-8|page=340}}{{cite web |title=Itanagar |url=http://arunachalpradesh.nic.in/itanagar.htm |date= |publisher=Government of Arunachal Pradesh |quote=Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum |access-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623080225/http://arunachalpradesh.nic.in/itanagar.htm |archive-date=23 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}

Over the years, the museum has become an important tourist destination in the state capital.{{cite news |title=President to visit Arunachal Pradesh |url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/14/stories/2002101403721300.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125075202/http://www.hindu.com/2002/10/14/stories/2002101403721300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |quote=..Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum..|date=14 October 2002 }}