List of museums in India

This is a list of notable museums in India by state and union territory:

Indian Museum, Kolkata, established in 1814 is the oldest and the largest^[1] museum in India. It has a collection of 102,646 artifacts. (as on 31 March 2004)^[2]

National Museum, New Delhi established in 1949 is one of the largest in the country with a collection 2,00,000 plus artifacts.^[3]

Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad established in 1951 is the largest collection of antiques of an individual in the world.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

• Marine Museum of Zoological Survey of India^[4]

• Zonal Anthropological Museum, Anthropological Survey of India, A and N regional center. Portblair.

Andhra Pradesh

• INS Kursura (S20), Visakhapatnam
• Visakha Museum, Visakhapatnam
• Swarna Jyoti Museum Naval Museum, Visakhapatnam
• Tribal Museum, Araku Valley
• Victoria Jubilee Museum, Vijayawada
• Amaravathi museum, Amaravathi
• Buddhist Museum, Nagarjunakonda
• Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum, Kadapa
• Sri Venkateswara Museum, Tirupati

Arunachal Pradesh

• Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar

Assam

• Assam State Museum, Guwahati
• Mayong Central Museum and Emporium, Mayong
• Shankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati
• Regional Science Centre, Guwahati

Bihar

Patna Museum, Patna established in 1917

Chandigarh

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

• Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

www.designmuseum.in DesignMuseum, Bilaspur established in 1919

Manav Sangrahalya Jagdalpur

National Capital Territory of Delhi

National Museum, New Delhi established in 1949

National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi

• Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi
• Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, New Delhi
• National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi
• Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi
• National Museum, New Delhi
• National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
• National Rail Museum, New Delhi
• National Science Centre, Delhi
• Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi
• Parliament Museum, New Delhi
• Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi
• Sanskriti Kendra Museum, Delhi
• Shankar's International Dolls Museum, Delhi
• Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, New Delhi

Goa

• Goa Chitra Museum, Benaulim
• Goa Science Centre, Panaji
• Goa State Museum, Panaji
• Naval Aviation Museum (India), Vasco da Gama

Gujarat

Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery, Vadodara established in 1894

• The Sardar Patel Museum, Surat
• Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery, Vadodara
• Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad
• Conflictorium, Museum of Conflict, Ahmedabad
• Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Ahmedabad
• Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad
• Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad
• Kaba Gandhi No Delo, Rajkot
• Kirti Mandir, Porbandar
• Kutch Museum, Bhuj
• Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum, Vadodara
• Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
• Sanskar Kendra, Ahmedabad
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial, Ahmedabad
• Swaminarayan Museum, Ahmedabad
• Watson Museum, Rajkot
• LLDC - Living & Learning Design Centre - Craft Museum, Bhuj-Kutch

Haryana

• Dharohar, a museum in Kurukshetra University with thousands of articles, items and objects related to the life and culture of the people of Haryana.

Himachal Pradesh

Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamshala founded in 1970

• Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala
• Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi

Jammu and Kashmir

• Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asian and Kargil Trade Artifacts
• Dogra Art Museum, Jammu
• Meeras Mahal Museum Sopore Kashmir, Moulana yaseen campus Opp.GOvt. I.T.I Sopore

Jharkhand

• Ranchi Science Centre, Ranchi
• State Museum Hotwar, Jharkhand^[5]

Karnataka

Kerala

Napier Museum, Thiruvananthapuram established in 1855

8 Point Art Cafe and Museum in Kollam(Quilon)

• 8 Point Art Cafe, Kollam
• Arakkal Museum, Ayikkara
• Teak Museum, Nilambur
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum, Kollam
• Krishnapuram Palace, Kayamkulam
• Indo-Portuguese Museum, Kochi
• Vallathol Museum, Thrissur
• Mural Art Museum, Thrissur
• Archaeological Museum, Thrissur, Thrissur
• Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum, Thrissur
• Indian Business Museum, Kozhikode
• Kerala Soil Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
• Napier Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
• Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum, Kozhikode
• Wayanad Heritage Museum, Ambalavayal
• Hill Palace, Thrippunithura

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Price of Wales museum) established in 1922

Cowasji Jehangir Hall, Mumbai is a modern art museum established in 1911

• Antarang – Sex Health Information Art Gallery, Mumbai
• The Arts Trust – Institute of Contemporary Indian Art, Mumbai
• Ballard Bunder Gatehouse, Mumbai
• Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History, Ahead of Marathwada Institute,Gulabhari Vasti, Wadgaon Shinde Road, Pune- 411 047
• Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
• Cowasji Jehangir Hall, Mumbai
• Darshan Museum, Pune
• Gandhi Research Foundation, Gandhi Teerth, Khoj Gandhi Ki Museum, Jalgaon
• Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies, Nashik
• Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune
• Mahatma Phule Museum, Pune
• Mani Bhavan, Mumbai
• Nagpur Central Museum
• Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
• Piramal Museum of Art,^[6][7][8] Mumbai (Private Art Museum)
• Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune
• Raman Science Centre, Nagpur
• Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri Math), Kolhapur
• Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum, Kolhapur
• INS Vikrant (R11), Mumbai (permanently closed)
• National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

Meghalaya

• Don Bosco Museum in Shillong is a 7-floor diagonal building with 17 galleries on the multi-cultural lifestyles of the indigenous peoples in North East India, a mini-museum for children, a skywalk with 360 degree view of the pine city of Shillong and a food gallery serving indigenous cuisine of the region.

Mizoram

• Mizoram State Museum
• Lunglei District Museum

Nagaland

• Nagaland state museum - located in Kohima district the capital of Nagaland.

• WW-II museum - in Kisama 10km from Kohima.

Odisha

Odisha State Museum

• Odisha State Museum
• Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar
• Tribal Research Institute Museum
• Odisha Ancient Sea Trade Museum, Cuttack

Puducherry

• Pondicherry Museum

Punjab

Virasat-e-Khalsa established in 2011 showcases sikhism.

• National Institute of Sports, Patiala
• Sanghol Museum, Sanghol
• Sikh Ajaibghar, Balongi
• Virasat-e-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib
• Central Sikh Museum, inside Harmandir Sahib complex, Amritsar^[9]

Rajasthan

Sikkim

• Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok

Tamil Nadu

Chennai Rail Museum

Government Museum, Chennai complex by Willie Burke, c. 1905

• Chennai Railway Museum, Chennai
• Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai
• Gass Forest Museum, Coimbatore
• Government Museum, Chennai (largest in the state)
• Government Museum, Cuddalore
• Government Museum, Karur
• Government Museum, Pudukkottai (second largest in the state)
• Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli
• INS Vela (S40)
• Mahakavi Bharathi Memorial Library, Erode
• Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli
• Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur
• Vivekanandar Illam, Chennai
• Government Museum, Salem

Telangana State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad established in 1930 .

Telangana

• Alampur Museum
• Telangana State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad
• Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
• City Museum, Hyderabad
• Nizam Museum, Hyderabad
• Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
• Veiled Rebecca of Salar Jung Museum

Tripura

Ujjayanta palace is the largest museum in Northeast India

• Tripura State Museum, Ujjayanta palace, Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

Swaraj Bhavan, Allahabad established as a museum in 1970.

• Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
• Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences, Aligarh
• Kanpur Sangrahalaya, Kanpur
• Government Museum, Mathura
• Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden, Noida
• Sarnath Museum, Sarnath
• Swaraj Bhavan (old Anand Bhavan), Allahabad

Uttarakhand

• Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
• Zonal Anthropological Museum, Anthropological Survey of India, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun. 248 195.
• Mathpal's Museum and Art Gallery, Geetadham, Bhimtal (Nainital)
• HIMANI Nature Museum, Geetadham, Bhimtal (Nainital)

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata established in 1921.

West Bengal

• Indian Museum, Kolkata
• Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
• Sabarna Sangrahashala, Kolkata
• Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, Kolkata
• Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
• State Archaeological Gallery, Kolkata
• KMOMA, Kolkata
• Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
• Gurusaday Museum, Kolkata
• Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata
• Marble Palace, Kolkata
• Zonal Anthropological Museum, Salt Lake Kolkata. (www.ansi.gov.in)

Museums in Murshidabad District (In West Bengal)^[10]

• Hazarduari Palace Museum, Murshidabad (Owner - Archaeological Survey of India, & Govt. of West Bengal)
• Kathgola Bagan Palace Museum, Murshidabad
• Jagatseth Palace Museum, Murshidabad
• Wasif Manjil (New Palace) Museum, Murshidabad
• Murshidabad Zilla Museum, Jiaganj, Murshidabad (Owner - Govt. of West Bengal)
• Nashipur Rajbari Museum & Art Gallery, Murshidabad
• Cossimbazar Choto Rajbari Museum, Berhampore, Murshidabad^[10]

See also

• List of archives in India
• List of museums
• Tourism in India
• Culture of India

References

1. Indian Museum
2. Comptroller & Auditor General of India report No. 4 of 2005 (Civil) of Chapter III: Ministry of Culture, p: 31
3. "Delhi- 100 years as the Capital". The Hindu. 1 February 2011.
4. "Museum showcases beautiful marine life of Andaman". ANI. Yahoo News. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
5. http://www.statemuseumranchi.in/
6. "Piramal Art Foundation". piramalartfoundation.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
7. "INSIDE THE PIRAMAL GROUP'S NEW MUSEUM OF ART".
8. "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
9. http://www.goldentempleamritsar.org/places-to-visit-in-golden-temple-amritsar/Central-Sikh-Museum.php
10. Chandra, Arup (2015). Murshidabad Itibritta. Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal: Basabhumi Prakashan. p. 169. ISBN 9788193047422.