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THE MUSEUM HAS FIVE GALLERIES WITH MOCK COURT ROOM,
AUDIO VISUAL ROOM, LIBRARY AND A MUSEUM SHOP.

GALLERY 1:

Different items of articles such as historical documents and photographs of heritage
building and different locations throw light on the general history of Sikkim relating to

the pre-monarchy period , monarchy period and modern period.

GALLERY II:

This gallery deals with the judicial history of Sikkim. The different historical documents
and other artefacts on display reflect the history of the evolution of judicial system
during the three periods of history as indicated in Gallery-1.

GALLERY Ill:

Brief write ups and photographs on display throwing light on the laws known as
'Sikhim laws' or 'Sixteen Laws' which are said to be founded on those spoken by
Raja Melongdong, who lived in India before the time of Buddha. These laws are

older than old laws of Sikkim in point of time.

GALLERY IV:

Efforts have been made to present the different modes of trail and various
punishments provided under the said laws in pictorial form.

GALLERY V:

This gallery deals with the recent archaeological findings, which confirms that

human habitation in Sikkim dates back to the Neolithic period, i.e. 10,000 to 8,500
B.C. the archaeological findings includes Neolithic stone tools recovered from
different locations in North and East districts of Sikkim along with the findings of a

fossilised antelope horn in Sajong area under Rumtek in East district.

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