Records better footfall with illumination during Dasara month Mysore/Mysuru: With the Rail Museum, located opposite the CFTRI Main Gate on KRS Road, glittering with special illumination during the 10-day Dasara festival, the decades’ old Museum attracted a good number of tourists and visitors in October. The Museum, that features rare pictures, models and replicas of…
Mysuru Rail Museum Selfie Contest Winners
October 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The renovated Mysuru Rail Museum was made open to public in mid-March. Since then the museum has received applauds from visitors, rail fans and from all forums. The refurbished Museum has new state-of-the-art technology like Virtual tour which was inaugurated by MP Pratap Simha on Sept.2, 2020. To increase the wider coverage of Museum…
Rail Museum illuminated for Dasara festivities
October 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Rail Museum located on KRS Road will be illuminated with LED lights during the 10-day Dasara festivities from Oct. 17 to 26. The working hours of the museum (10 am to 6 pm on normal days) is extended by two hours, that is up to 8 pm. All the outdoor exhibits like vintage…
Rail Museum visiting hours to be extended during Dasara
October 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Rail Museum, located on KRS Road, opposite CFTRI Main Gate, will be specially illuminated during Dasara festival this year. The timing of the Museum, which is normally open for public between 10 am and 6 pm, will be extended by two hours to facilitate visitors during the Dasara festivities — Oct. 17 to…
Life-size sculpture of celebrated cartoon character: ‘Common Man’ installed at Mysuru Rail Museum
October 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A man with a checked coat and bemused expression is in the Mysuru Rail Museum these days. He is none other than the much loved and closely followed cartoon character ‘Common Man’ created and immortalised by the illustrious cartoonist R.K. Laxman. The character is deeply etched in the minds of people of all ages. …
Take a virtual tour of Rail Museum
September 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Division of South Western Railway (SWR) has joined the bandwagon to enable potential tourists and rail aficionados to explore the exhibits online. The virtual tour of the Mysuru Rail Museum, commissioned yesterday, provides an interactive experience of the facility with voice-over that provides the visitor a detailed walk through the exhibits. Dedicated by…
Rail Museum holds drawing contest
August 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Over 50 children participated in the I-Day drawing competition organised by Mysuru Rail Museum at its premises in city yesterday. Children in the age group of 5-10 years took part. The theme was ‘Trains and train journey’ or any inspiration from the Museum. DRM Aparna Garg, who was the chief guest, distributed prizes and…
Drawing competition for children on I-Day at Rail Museum
August 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Coinciding with the Independence Day celebrations, Mysuru Rail Museum will be organising an open drawing competition for children in the age group of 5-10 years on Aug. 15 in the Museum premises. Entries may be submitted to P. Vijayakumar, Sr.Section Engineer on Mob: 9731667411 or 9739366668 by 5 pm on Aug. 14. All participants…
Visitors throng revamped Mysuru Rail Museum
June 14, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Rail Museum is witnessing large number of visitors since it was opened to general public on June 8, 2020. The renovated and revamped museum had closed its doors to visitors following imposition of lockdown on Mar. 24 after it was inaugurated on Mar. 14. Now, after 70 days, visitors are…
Newly-renovated Mysuru Rail Museum opens
March 14, 2020Visitors’ entry from tomorrow; Rail Coach Cafe, an added attraction Mysore/Mysuru: Depicting the rich history and the progress of the 150-year-old Indian Railways, the ‘Mysuru Rail Museum’ set up in 1979, which was closed for a while for renovations and refurbishment, was inaugurated this morning at 10.30 am. As a mark of respect, South Western…
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