Maharaja Suryakanta Acharya Chowdhury first built a palace here in the late 19th century, but the 1897 Assam earthquake destroyed it. His adopted son, Shashikanta Acharya Chowdhury, rebuilt this grand European-style mansion between 1905 and 1911 across nine acres. The single-storey brick palace features classical Corinthian columns, a central ballroom with imported chandeliers, and a marble Venus statue standing inside a lotus pond out front. The Department of Archaeology now preserves the property as a regional museum.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20–30 for citizens, higher for foreigners; rickshaw from station about ৳25–40
How to get to Shashi Lodge
In central Mymensingh on Brajanath Lahiri Road. A cycle-rickshaw from Mymensingh Railway Station takes about 10 minutes.
Mymensingh town is about 115 km from Dhaka, around 3 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Mymensingh guide.
Closed on Sundays; opens only in the afternoon on Mondays.
More to see in Mymensingh
Photo: Topumym, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Muktagachha Rajbari মুক্তাগাছা রাজবাড়ি
A sprawling compound of 19th-century zamindar estates, known for ornate temples, rotating stages, and Gopal Pal's monda.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20; shared CNG from Mymensingh about ৳40–50 each way
Photo: Hermitage17, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Zainul Abedin Sangrahashala and Riverbank শিল্পাচার্য জয়নুল আবেদিন সংগ্রহশালা
An art gallery dedicated to the pioneer of modern Bangladeshi art, set along the quiet banks of the Old Brahmaputra.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Museum entry roughly ৳20; rickshaw about ৳40; boat ride ৳200–300 for half an hour
Photo: SanjayBeen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Alexander Castle আলেকজান্ডার ক্যাসেল
An unusual two-storey mansion built largely of iron and wood in 1879, where Rabindranath Tagore once lodged.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Free to view from the college grounds; rickshaw about ৳25–40
Photo: Frameofashik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons BAU Botanical Garden বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বোটানিক্যাল গার্ডেন
A 25-acre botanical sanctuary on the agricultural university campus, home to rare medicinal and endangered trees.
- Best time
- November to March
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Nominal entry roughly ৳10–20; auto-rickshaw from town about ৳30 each way