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{{Short description|Museum and theme park in Goa, India}}
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| location            = [[Loutolim]], [[Salcete]], [[Goa]]
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'''Big Foot Museum''' is a museum and a theme park based in the [[South Goa]], [[India]], village of [[Loutolim]] in the sub-district (or ''taluka'') of [[Salcete]]. It is a museum dedicated to rural [[Goan]] life.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Bindu Gopal|date=2019-02-25|title=Lively Loutolim|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/250219/lively-loutolim.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> It was founded and is run by the artist Maendra Alvares. Loutolim is close to [[Margao]].
'''Big Foot Museum''' is a museum and [[theme park]] in the village of [[Loutolim]] in southern Goa, India, dedicated to rural [[Goan]] life.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Bindu Gopal|date=2019-02-25|title=Lively Loutolim|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/250219/lively-loutolim.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> It was founded and run by the artist [[Maendra Alvares]].
 
==Themes, rural life==
[[File:Big Foot 13.jpg|thumb|Scenes from rural life at ''The Big Foot''.]]This privately run venture recreates a [[Goan]] village in miniature that seeks to depict what the local rural life was in the past, over a century ago.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big Foot Museum in Goa - GoaTourismTravels|url=http://goatourismtravels.com/things-to-do/museums/big-foot-museum/#.X8LV6nUzbeQ|access-date=2020-11-28|website=goatourismtravels.com}}</ref> The museum is located in an open-air setting.
 
==Depictions==
The Ancestral Goa museum -- with statues of a Portuguese soldier brandishing a spear, a statue of [[Parashurama|Lord Parashuram]], a fisherman, and other villagers, women selling fish, farmers working in paddy fields and other occupations of the past -- has been described in ''The Indian Express'' as nearby "the Casa Alvares mansion that belonged to the Portuguese lawyer Araujo Alvares. It is peppered with antiques, paintings and period furniture...  typical shell windows, the high ceiling and the heavy carved wooden furniture. The dining room could seat at least 30."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-28|title=Travelling suitcase: A hidden gem in south Goa|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/travelling-suitcase-hidden-gem-5695564/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Location, etc==
[[File:Big Foot 5.jpg|thumb|At the museum.]]Margao is 9 km from Loutolim. It can be reached by public bus, car, taxi or even the two-wheeler motorcycle taxis that [[Goa]] is known for.
 
It has on its campus an art gallery, a handicraft centre offering Goan crafts on sale, a restaurant, cross, spring, rubber plantations, and a spice yard. 'Houses' in the campus recreate traditional [[Goan]] village occupations. These depict local artisans, a music school, the village market, liquor shops, and a local alcohol (''feni'') distillery.


==Origin of its name==
It is privately owned and recreates a [[Goan]] village in miniature showing what local rural life was like in the past.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big Foot Museum in Goa - GoaTourismTravels|url=http://goatourismtravels.com/things-to-do/museums/big-foot-museum/#.X8LV6nUzbeQ|access-date=2020-11-28|website=goatourismtravels.com|archive-date=2020-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213021659/http://goatourismtravels.com/things-to-do/museums/big-foot-museum/#.X8LV6nUzbeQ|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Big Foot 3.jpg|thumb|The big foot at The Big Foot.]]Its name come from what has been narrated as ''The Legend of the Big Foot''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=- Big Foot Goa|url=http://www.bigfootgoa.com/Legend-of-the-Big-Foot|access-date=2020-11-28|website=www.bigfootgoa.com}}</ref>
[[File:Big Foot 13.jpg|thumb|Scenes from rural life at ''The Big Foot''.]]


==Recognition==
==Left-Hander Museum==
It has been listed in ''The Goa You Don’t Know: 10 Offbeat Travel Secrets That Go Beyond Beaches''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-12|title=The Goa You Don't Know: 10 Offbeat Travel Secrets That Go Beyond Beaches|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/137277/offbeat-places-to-see-in-goa-travel/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref> Big Foot has been listed among the "five awesome museums in Goa".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-24|title=Here are 5 awesome museums in Goa that you need to check out|url=https://itsgoa.com/5-awesome-museums/|access-date=2020-12-06|website=ItsGoa|language=en-US}}</ref>


The ''World-Famous Left-Hander Museum'' is also on its campus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2017|title=A museum for all ‘lefty’ luminaries|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-museum-for-all-lefty-luminaries/articleshow/60039601.cms|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
The ''World-Famous Left-Hander Museum'' is also on its campus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2017|title=A museum for all ‘lefty’ luminaries|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-museum-for-all-lefty-luminaries/articleshow/60039601.cms|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
==Updates==
[[File:Big Foot 4.jpg|thumb|Exhibits at the museum.]]In June 2020, this museum, together with others in Goa, was reported as having its operations being hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-16|title=Hit hard by lockdown, Goa museums await Government nod to reopen|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/hit-hard-by-lockdown-goa-museums-await-government-nod-to-reopen/story-T11eup89LownnBzW21MnAJ.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iey3wgJ4t0A Video on Big Foot Museum]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iey3wgJ4t0A Video on Big Foot Museum]
*[http://www.bigfootgoa.com/ Big Foot website]
*[http://www.bigfootgoa.com/ Big Foot website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925171758/https://bigfootgoa.com/ |date=2023-09-25 }}
 
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Latest revision as of 07:40, 27 January 2026


Big Foot Museum
The entrance of the museum, 2020
The entrance of the museum, 2020
LocationLoutolim, Goa, India
Coordinates15°20′23″N 73°59′15″E / 15.3396°N 73.9875°E / 15.3396; 73.9875
TypePrivate, ethnographic
Key holdingsStatues, rural life
FounderMaendra Jocelino Araujo Alvares
CuratorMaendra Alvares
OwnerMaendra Alvares
Nearest parkingYes
Websitebigfootgoa.in

Big Foot Museum is a museum and theme park in the village of Loutolim in southern Goa, India, dedicated to rural Goan life.[1] It was founded and run by the artist Maendra Alvares.

It is privately owned and recreates a Goan village in miniature showing what local rural life was like in the past.[2]

Scenes from rural life at The Big Foot.

Left-Hander Museum[edit | edit source]

The World-Famous Left-Hander Museum is also on its campus.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Rao, Bindu Gopal (2019-02-25). "Lively Loutolim". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  2. ↑ "Big Foot Museum in Goa - GoaTourismTravels". goatourismtravels.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  3. ↑ "A museum for all 'lefty' luminaries". The Times of India. August 13, 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

External links[edit | edit source]

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