The Central Museum of Indore was established in 1923 by the Holkar Dynasty during the reign of king Tukojirao III as a part of an educational institution named Nararatna Mandir. In 1965, the Museum was shifted to its current location and declared to be Indore’s central museum as it came under the State government’s administration. The Museum currently houses eight galleries that display scriptures, artifacts, and coins from different historical eras. In the inscription gallery, visitors can see stone inscriptions from the reign of the Rashtrakuta king Nannap dated 710 AD and copper plates from the Gupta dynasty excavated from Bagh. The coin gallery displays a variety of coins in chronological order like punch-marked coins, cast coins, Ujjayini coins, Kushana coins, Kshatrapa coins, Naga coins, Vallabhi coins, Roman coins, Indo-Sassanian coins, Gadhaya coins, Gupta coins, Kalchuri, Parmara, Delhi Sultanate, Malva Sultan, Mughal, Later Mughal, and Holkar coins. The weapons gallery showcases the evolution of weaponry in India from the Marathas to the British. Indigenous weapons like swords, shields, daggers, khocha, gupti, are displayed next to modern mechanised guns such as Flintlock, Mechlock, Jazel, Pistol, Revolver, hunting gun, and Pen pistol. Finally, the contemporary paintings gallery houses paintings and photographs from the 20th century. Indore’s famous artists like Devlalikar, Srenik Jain, and Mirza Ismail Beg have contributed to the gallery’s paintings along with British, Rajput and Maratha artists. The famous Hinglajgarh sculptures in the Museum are estimated to have been built in 4th -5th century AD to 18th century AD and depict the deities of Saiva, Shakta, Vaishnava, Jaina, and Buddhist cults. Terracotta objects, beads, bangles, and pottery from the excavation sites of the Chalcolithic period in Madhya Pradesh are also displayed along with antiquities from the excavation of Mohenjodaro, which were sent to the Museum in 1936.