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| name = Jalan Museum, Patna
| native_name = Quila House
| native_name_lang = जलान संग्रहालय
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| established = 1919
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| location = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], India
| type = Art & Heritage Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nivalink.com/things-to-do/jalan-museum |title=Things to Do — Jalan Museum, Patna, Bihar |publisher=Nivalink.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref>
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'''''The Jalan Museum''''' ([[Hindi]]: जलान संग्रहालय), Quila house, is a [[private museum]] located in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It is one of the only two private museums in Bihar state.<ref>{{cite web | title = Museums run by the Private Individuals|publisher=Directorate of Museum, Govt. of Birhar|page= 5 | url = http://yac.bih.nic.in/DM-05.htm |quote=Other one being: Kumar Sangrahalay, Hasanpur, Smastipur | accessdate = 2014-01-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Pranava K Chaudhary 20 Sep 2011, 07.30am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-20/patna/30179355_1_hairline-cracks-leakages-damages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418203259/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-20/patna/30179355_1_hairline-cracks-leakages-damages |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-18 |title=Quake damages Jalan Museum |date=2011-09-20 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref>

==Overview==
Quila House is a private residential house on the banks of the Ganga river in the old town of Patna, in the state of Bihar, in northern India. Built in 1919, the house is known for the collection of objets d'art and antiques that is a personal achievement of [[Diwan Bahadur]] Radha Krishna Jalan (R.K. Jalan) (1882–1954), who was a businessman and an art collector.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8C1AAAAIAAJ&q=jalan+museum+patna |title=Bihar, past & present: souvenir, 13th Annual Congress of Epigraphical ... - P. N. Ojha, Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute — Google Books |date=1985-01-01 |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref> The building it is in the style of [[English architecture|English]] and [[Dutch architecture|Dutch]] and is known locally as the ''Quila House''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Opening hours |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/bihar-and-jharkhand/patna/sights/museums-galleries/qila-house-jalan-museum |title=Qila House (Jalan Museum) |publisher=Lonely Planet |date= |accessdate=2014-01-04}}</ref>

The collection of objects numbering to about 10,000, belonged mostly to the modern period include stone, metal, terra cotta, ivory, glass and porcelains. Of the art objects, many are European and a few from the far and near eastern countries of [[Asia]].<ref name="go4patna1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://patna4u.com/jalan_museum.htm |title=Jalan Museum |publisher=Patna4u.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110142201/http://patna4u.com/jalan_museum.htm |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Part of the building continues to be a private residential area of the Jalan family. The museum is open to visitors 9-11 am, Mondays to Saturdays, and 10 am - 4 pm on Sundays, though prior appointment, 48 hours before the visit is required.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Contact Quila House |publisher=Quila House|url = http://quilahouse.com/contact.htm
| accessdate = 2014-01-06 }}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Patna Museum]]
* [[Bihar Museum]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.quilahouse.com/jalan-collection.htm Quila House and the Jalan Collection, ''A Brief Introduction'']

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