The country’s first Martyrs Memorial Museum (RU Martyrs Memorial Museum) has been built with the collection related to the Liberation War in the green area of Rajshahi University, the highest university in Uttarasthal. Known as the liberation war museum, the history and various memories of the liberation war are preserved in this museum. This museum started its journey in 1976 in the Shaheed Minar Complex of Rajshahi University to invigorate the young generation with the spirit of the Liberation War. Every day here Asankha visitors come to the museum. The Shaheed Memorial Museum is divided into three galleries with an area of 6,600 square feet. In the first salary, various collections of the liberation war from 1952 to 1971, that is, various artifacts in the history of Bangladesh have been placed. In this gallery, there are various pictures of the 1969 San Abhayat, used clothes of the freedom fighters, pictures of the first Shaheed Minar of Rajshahi, various photographs based on the Liberation War, pictures of the Liberation War painted by artists, portraits and a number of rare collections related to the Liberation War. In the second gallery, there is a collection of other collections including the paraphernalia used by the martyred intellectuals, various symbolic sculptures of the Liberation War, photographs of the seven great heroes, photographs and portraits of the atrocities of the Pakistani occupation forces. The third gallery contains the skulls of martyrs killed in the 1971 genocide, historical photographs of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the surrender of the Pakistani invading forces and the victorious Liberation Army. A major part of the Shaheed Memorial Museum is being used as a research library on Liberation War. In this library. From 1947 to 1971 various books, compilations, manifestos, bound magazines and various paper cuttings are preserved.
How to go
Rajshahi can be reached by bus and train from any part of the country. The distance of Rajshahi University from the city is about 5 km. Entering through the main gate of Rajshahi University, the Shaheed Memorial Museum is located on the right side of the administrative building, next to the Shaheed Minar.