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List of museums in India

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

List

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Patna Museum, Patna, established in 1917.

Chandigarh

Goa

Gujarat

Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery in Vadodara, established in 1894.

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Government Museum, Bangalore, established in 1865.

Kerala

Napier Museum in Thiruvananthapuram, established in 1855.

Ladakh

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum) in Mumbai, established in 1922.

Manipur

Two hiyang hiren watercrafts flanked by two tanna hi watercrafts, inside the Hijagang Museum in the Kangla Fort, Imphal, opened to the public in 2013
A statue of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose standing in the Indian National Army War Museum (INA War Museum) inside the INA Memorial Complex in Moirang, established in 1985

Mizoram

Nagaland

Delhi

National Museum, New Delhi, established in 1949, is one of the largest in the country with a collection 2,00,000 plus artifacts.[1]
National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, established in 1954, at the Jaipur House.

Odisha

Odisha State Museum, established in 1932.

Puducherry

Punjab

Virasat-e-Khalsa, established in 2011, showcases the history of sikhism.

Rajasthan

Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, established in 1887.

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Government Museum, Chennai complex by Willie Burke, c. 1905, established in 1851, is the second oldest museum in India.
Chennai Rail Museum, established in 2002.

Telangana

Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad, established in 1951, is the largest collection of antiques of an individual in the world.
Telangana State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad, established in 1930.

Tripura

Tripura State Museum, established in 1970 in the Ujjayanta palace, is the largest museum in Northeast India.

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Indian Museum, Kolkata, established in 1814, is the oldest and the largest[2] museum in Asia. It has a collection of 22,00,000 plus artifacts.[3]
Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, established in 1921.

See also

By State

By subject

References

  1. ^ "Delhi- 100 years as the Capital". The Hindu. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
  2. ^ Indian Museum
  3. ^ Comptroller & Auditor General of India report No. 4 of 2005 (Civil) of Chapter III: Ministry of Culture, p: 31

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