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]

Andhra Pradesh

• INS Kursura (S20), Visakhapatnam
• Telugu Saamskruthika Niketanam, Visakhapatnam
• Visakha Museum, Visakhapatnam
• Victoria Jubilee Museum, Vijayawada
• Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum, Kadapa

Arunachal Pradesh

• Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar

Assam

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

Bihar

Patna Museum, Patna established in 1917 Bihar Museum ,Patna

Chandigarh

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

• Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

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

• Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery, Vadodara
• Calico Museum of Textiles, 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, Ahmedabhujjhhad
• Watson Museum, Rajkot

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

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
• Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
• Keralam - Museum of History and Heritage, Thiruvananthapuram
• Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum, Kozhikode
• Wayanad Heritage Museum, Ambalavayal
• Hill Palace, Thrippunithura
• Revi Karunakaran Memorial Museum, Alappuzha
• PhotoMuse - The Museum of Photography, Thrissur^[6]

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
• 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
• Gandhi Research Foundation^[7] 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,^[8][9] 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

Mizoram

• Mizoram State Museum

Odisha

Odisha State Museum

• Odisha State Museum
• Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar
• Tribal Research Institute Museum

Punjab

Virasat-e-Khalsa established in 2011 showcases sikhism.

• National Institute of Sports, Patiala
• Partition Museum, Amritsar
• Sanghol Museum, Sanghol
• Sikh Ajaibghar, Balongi
• Virasat-e-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib
• Central Sikh Museum, inside Harmandir Sahib complex, Amritsar^[10]
• Gobindgarh Fort, Live Museum – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Martial Art Museum, Toshakhana, Amritsar^[11]

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

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

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

West Bengal

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata established in 1921.

• Indian Museum, Kolkata
• Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
• Sabarna Sangrahashala, Kolkata
• Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, Kolkata
• State Archaeological Gallery, Kolkata
• KMOMA, Kolkata
• Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
• Gurusaday Museum, Kolkata
• Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata
• Marble Palace, Kolkata
• Hazarduari Palace Museum, Murshidabad (Owner - Archaeological Survey of India, & Govt. of West Bengal)^[12]
• Murshidabad Zilla Museum, Jiaganj, Murshidabad^[13] (Owner - Govt. of West Bengal)
• Cossimbazar Choto Rajbari Museum, Berhampore, Murshidabad^[14]

Further reading

• Gupta, S. P., and Krishna Lal. 1974. Tourism, museums, and monuments in India. Delhi: Oriental Publishers.

See also

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

References