One of India's premier repositories of art and antiquities, housed in a striking Indo-Islamic heritage building. Its collection spans from the 2nd century BC to the 19th century, including Buddhist and Jain sculptures and an authentic Egyptian mummy.

Highlights include a profound collection of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist bronzes; copies of Ajanta frescoes; a dedicated Period Room for 18th–19th century objects; and an outdoor sculpture garden with 93 architectural members from the Satavahana to post-Vijayanagara periods, along with hero stones, Kakatiya and Vijayanagara mandapas, iron cannons and a wooden chariot from Jetprole village.

Its core collection originated from large-scale salvage operations across 110 villages in the Srisailam submergible area, ahead of the Srisailam Hydro Electric Project. The building's foundation was laid in 1981 and handed over to the Department in 1988; it was later renamed to commemorate the Department's centenary.

The ground floor's "Art through the Ages Gallery" spans terracotta, stucco, metal and wood, centred on a 16th-century temple door jamb from the Sri Varadaraja Swamy Temple, Pragatur. The first floor covers Pre-historic, Temple Module, Megalithic and Early Historic galleries.

Set in landscaped gardens, visitors are welcomed by a massive 13th-century black basalt Nandi in typical Kakatiya style. Collections span millions of years — from 2.5-million-year-old wood fossils and Paleolithic hand axes to medieval weaponry.

Highlights include the 7th-century Ashtabhuja Chamunda, an 11th-century Parsvanatha in black basalt, gold/silver/copper coins from the Satavahana, Roman, Kakatiya and Qutb Shahi periods, bronze and iron cannons, and collections of Bidriware and Deccani paintings.

Located opposite the legendary 700-year-old Pillalamarri Banyan Tree, this museum displays 120 stone sculptures (with 80 more in storage) sourced from Poodur, Vaddeman, Kalwakol and Gollathagudi, dating from the 6th to 16th centuries CE. A secondary building houses prehistoric tools, ancient coins, bronzes and arms.

The museum attracts around 40,000 visitors annually and serves as a key educational and tourist hub for the district.

Spanning the Paleolithic era to the late medieval period, galleries cover Archaeology & Coins, Sculpture, Bronze/Decorative/Bidri Ware, and Arts & Anthropology. A notable highlight is a hoard of Vijayanagara gold coins unearthed at Bodhan.

Other exhibits include a Red Sandstone door jamb from the Vijayanagara dynasty, Bidri ware huqqahs and surahis, gold-inlay swords and daggers, Deccan miniature paintings, and a chart tracing the evolution of the Telugu script from the 3rd century BC to the 16th century AD.

Built in the 16th century to house the state's wealth under Sultans Jamshid Quli, Ibrahim Qutb Shah and Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah, the building later served the Indian Military after 1948 before being handed to the Department in 1951–52 and converted into a sculptural museum.

A robust single-storey stone structure with a magnificent central arch, vaulted halls and original guard rooms. Displays include stone sculptures from across the district, authentic Qutb Shahi period cannons, and inscriptions from local excavations.

Named from the Sanskrit for "snake hill", Phanigiri sits on the ancient Dakshinapatha trade route. Seven field seasons (2001–2019) uncovered a Mahastupa, apsidal Chaityagrihas, votive stupas and a unique 24-pillared Mandapa — architecture considered to surpass even Amaravathi and Nagarjunakonda.

The museum showcases limestone masterpieces including Torana panels, the Buddhapada Slab (sacred footprints), a rare Scythian Couple sculpture, and the Rudrapurushadatta inscription pillar. Pieces have featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2023) and the National Museum, Seoul (2024).

Adjacent to the historic Pachala Someswara Swamy Temple, the museum's collection was drawn from Yeleswaram, Vardamana Kota, Phanigiri and Panagal, spanning the 2nd to 18th centuries CE.

Highlights include a rare sculpture of Mushika, prehistoric tools, ancient coins, copper plate inscriptions, and a collection of cast bronze icons and historical arms.

Kolanupaka (historically Kollipaka) flourished as a political and religious centre from the 10th to 13th centuries CE under the Rashtrakutas, Western Chalukyas of Kalyani and Kakatiyas. It is traditionally held as the birthplace of the Virasaiva saint Renukacharya.

Established in the 1970s within the Sri Someswara Swamy Temple corridor, the museum houses sculptures and inscriptions from the Western Chalukya and Kakatiya periods, including the rare sculpture of Matsyavallabha.

Set within the Buddhavanam Buddhist Theme Park, the museum honours Acharya Nagarjuna, the 2nd-century philosopher and founder of the Madhyamika school of Mahayana Buddhism who resided in this region. Artifacts recovered during the construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam form part of the collection.

Galleries feature Gandhara and Pala sculptures, Ajantha painting reproductions, Buddhist Tankas (scroll paintings) and ceremonial bronzes — part of India's first Buddhist theme park.

On the west bank of the Tungabhadra River, surrounded by the nine Nava Brahma Temples built from the 6th century onwards under the Badami Chalukyas. Emperor Krishnadevaraya visited in 1521 AD following his conquest of Raichur.

The museum houses 124 stone sculptures and 26 inscriptional slabs (6th–16th century AD), including the celebrated 7th–8th century Mahishasuramardini in red sandstone and a Chalukyan Ashtadikpalas ceiling panel centred on Nataraja.