The N.B.U. Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum incorporating Raja Rajaram Museum collection had a very humble beginning in 1962. The stature it has attained with a few decades is commendable. It has initially been developed from the generous presentation from persons like Nirmal Chandra Chowdhury and Santipriya Raychaudhuri. They had contributed their lifelong collections to the University to the cause of scholarship. The faculty members of the department of History, North Bengal University helped in the organization with unrelenting attention for its development. However, only in February 1965 was it partially opened for inquisitive public exclusively, those who were genuinely interested in some kind of historical research. It was opened to general public only on 28th December, 2006 when it was shifted to new building, and formally inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal.

The Museum has become the repository of the culture of the people of the northern districts of West Bengal. It is the most useful representative of the material culture of the region. A visit to the Museum is as illuminating as profiting. It generates a sense of belongingness among the people of this region. The Museum aims at becoming an important addition to the general map of the Museums in India and abroad. It can now boast of its fine collection and the sprawling display of the antiquities. Most of these antiquities were procured and collected from the districts of North Bengal. The majority of them belong to Pala-Sena school of sculptures. The Museum may be included as a store house for the study of Pala-Sena images besides depicting the socio cultural life of the people of undivided North Bengal in the historical perspective.

In addition to this, we firmly believe that the visual history can make a bridge between the distant past and the vibrant technological present. Finally, it is also our mission to convey to our esteemed readers and scholars that North Bengal has a larger history and a stronger claim to be a part of the National History.