Hason Raja Museum

Hason Raja’s house and museum should be visited in Sunamganj district, a town close to Surma river. Hason Raja was born in 1854. From here Hason Raja composed all his unique songs. Currently a museum has been built in this house which has made the house known as Hason Raja Museum. At the entrance of Hason Raja’s museum, the first thing that catches the eye is the picture of Lalon Shah. Then in 1962 the only photograph of Hason Raja collected from a studio in Calcutta was seen. Although about 8-9 paintings by different artists are preserved in the museum. The Hason Raja Museum comes alive with a collection of artifacts that embody the memory of Hason Raja.
Since the organization of Hason Fakir Fair in 1962, people started coming from all over the country to see the house and various items used by Hason Raja. In 1974, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman donated 25,000 taka to ‘Hason Academy’, in continuation of which Hason Rajar Museum is now established.
What is in Hason Raja’s museum
The chairs and tables where Hason Raja used to compose songs, Hason Raja’s colorful robes, which he used to read when meeting a king or an English gentleman. Water purifiers, swords, clay pots, etc., gifted by William Little in 1902.
The Hason Raja Museum also has tea tables, milking and milking vessels, bowls, brass pitchers, pandani, wooden khams, old age sticks, candlesticks, copies of hand written songs, drums, mandira, cymbals and cash boxes used in zamindari work.