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]

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Patna Museum, Patna established in 1917

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

Goa

Gujarat

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

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Government Museum, Bangalore established in 1865

Kerala

Napier Museum, Thiruvananthapuram established in 1855

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

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

Nagaland

Template:Nagaland state museum located in kohima district the capital of nagaland WW-II museum in kisama 10km from kohima,

Odisha

Puducherry

Pondicherry Museum

Punjab

Virasat-e-Khalsa established in 2011 showcases sikhism.

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

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

Government Museum, Salem

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

Telangana

Tripura

Ujjayanta palace is the largest museum in Northeast India

Uttar Pradesh

Swaraj Bhavan, Allahabad established as a museum in 1970.

Uttarakhand

Victoria Memorial, Kolkata established in 1921.

West Bengal

See also

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.
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  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
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