Museums in India

National Museum - New Delhi
The National Museum is one of India's most prestigious institutions.

Bombay Natural History Society - Mumbai
This private institution was established in 1883...

Indian Museum - Calcutta
The Indian Museum is India's first and oldest museum.

Government State Museum - Chennai
The Government State Museum in Chennai is best known for two important collections: sculptures....

Central Museum (Albert Hall) - Jaipur
Situated in the midst of Ramnivas Gardens, it is an imposing stone structure executed in the Indo-Persian style of architecture.

Archaeological Museum - Sarnath
Sarnath, where the Buddha delivered his first sermon more than 2500 years ago...

Himachal State Museum - Shimla
The Himachal State Museum displays sculptures, paintings, decorative arts....

State Museum - Lucknow
A multipurpose museum with sculptures, bronzes, paintings, natural history and anthropological specimens, coins, textiles and decorative arts.

Bharat Kala Bhava - Varanasi
Bharat Kala Bhavan lies within the sprawling grounds of Banaras Hindu University.

Sri Pratap Singh Museum - Srinagar
Sri Pratap Singh Museum was once the summer palace of the Kashmir maharajas.

Central Museum - Bhopal
The Central Museum at Bhopal was established in 1949.

H H Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum - Gawlior
Situated in the Jai Vilas Palace, the Scindia Museum has a variety of objects ranging from sculptures...

Archaeological Museum - Sanchi
Like most site museums in India, this one also owes its genesis to an English General accidentally stumbling upon some ancient ruins around 1818.

Archaeological Museum - Khajuraho
Khajuraho, once capital of the Chandela dynasty, is today known for its magnificent temples.

State Museum - Patna
The State Museum, established in 1917, has an excellent collection of stone and terracotta sculptures especially from the Mauryan Period.

Gaya Museum - Gaya
Gaya, 206 km from Patna, is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site.

Archaeological Museum - Nalanda
Ninety kilometres south of Patna lies Nalanda, the historic Buddhist University.

Calico Museum Of Textiles - Ahmedabad
Established in 1948, the Calico Museum of Textiles is undoubtedly one of India's leading museums for textiles.

Orissa State Museum - Bhubaneswar
The galleries cover archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, armoury, mining and geology.

Archaeological Museum - Konark
The site museum was established at Konark in 1968.

Karnataka Government Museum And Venkatappa Art Gallery - Bangalore
Established in 1865.

Tipu Sultan Museum - Srirangapatnam
Tipu Sultan Museum lies within the portals of the Dariya Daulat (splendor of sea), once his summer palace and later appropriated Arthur Wellesley.

Salarjung Museum - Hyderabad
The SalarJung Museum houses the private collections of SalarJung, the Nizam of Hyderabad's prime minister.

Government Museum - Thiruvananthapuram
Founded in 1857, the museum is located within a spacious park and zoological garden.

Pondicherry Museum - Pondicherry
This multipurpose museum houses sculptures from Pallava, Chola temples.

Thanjavur Art Gallery - Thanjavur
The former palace of the Nayaks of Thanjavur, once viceroys of the Vijayanagara rulers and later hereditary rulers,

Government Museum - Madurai
The various sections in the museum deal with archaeology, anthropology, zoology

Manipur State Museum - Impal
Manipur State Museum established in 1969,

Tribal Research Institute - Shillong
The displayed exhibits include the colourful textiles, especially the shawls and garments worn by the local people.

Mizoram State Museum - Aizwal
On view are historical relics, ancient costumes and headgears as well as contemporary textiles.

Assam State Museum - Guwahati
Assam State Museum in Guwahati is a rich repository an antiquities that highlight the diversity of the state's cultural traditions.

State Museum - Kohima
The State Museum at Kohima is purely ethnographic in nature.