The Bangladesh National Museum (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় যাদুঘর),
originally established on 20 March 1913, albeit under another name,
and formally inaugurated on 7 August 1913, was accorded the status of
the national museum of Bangladesh on 17 November 1983. It is located
Shahbag, Dhaka. The museum is well organized and displays have been
housed in several departments like department of ethnography and
decorative art, department of history and classical art, department of
natural history, and department of contemporary and world civilization. The museum also has a conservation laboratory