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 museum in Asia. It has a collection of 1,002,646 artifacts (as on 31 March 2004).

National Museum, New Delhi, established in 1949, is one of the largest in the country with a collection 2,00,000 plus artifacts.

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

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

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

National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, established in 1954, at the Jaipur House.

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

Napier Museum in Thiruvananthapuram, established in 1855.

Patna Museum, Patna, established in 1917.

Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, established in 1887.

Government Museum, Bangalore, established in 1865.

Cowasji Jehangir Hall, Mumbai, is a modern art museum established in 1996.

Odisha State Museum, established in 1932.

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

Chennai Rail Museum, established in 2002.

Telangana State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad, established in 1930.

Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, established in 1921.

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

List

Name	City/Town	State/Territory	Year Established
Archaeological Museum, Amaravati	Amaravati	Andhra Pradesh
Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum	Kadapa	Andhra Pradesh	1982
Victoria Jubilee Museum	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	1887
INS Kursura (S20)	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Saamskruthika Niketanam	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	2015
Visakha Museum	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	1991
Jawaharlal Nehru Museum	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh
Shankardev Kalakshetra	Guwahati	Assam	1998
Assam State Museum	Guwahati	Assam	1940
Mayong Central Museum and Emporium	Mayong	Assam
Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir	Patna	Bihar	1963
Bihar Museum	Patna	Bihar	2015
Jalan Museum	Patna	Bihar	1919
Patna Museum	Patna	Bihar	1917
Chandradhari Museum	Darbhanga	Bihar	1957
Government Museum and Art Gallery	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1968
Goa Chitra Museum	Benaulim	Goa	2010
Big Foot Museum	Loutolim	Goa
Ashvek Vintage World	Nuvem	Goa	2004
Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery	Old Goa	Goa
Museum of Christian Art	Old Goa	Goa
Goa Science Centre	Panaji	Goa
Goa State Museum	Panaji	Goa	1977
Museum of Goa	Pilerne	Goa	2015
Naval Aviation Museum (India)	Vasco da Gama	Goa	1998
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1984
Calico Museum of Textiles	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1949
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1980
Swaminarayan Museum	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	2011
Sanskar Kendra	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1954
Gujarat Science City	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery	Vadodara	Gujarat	1894
Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum	Vadodara	Gujarat
Kirti Mandir	Porbandar	Gujarat
Watson Museum	Rajkot	Gujarat	1888
Kaba Gandhi No Delo	Rajkot	Gujarat
Kutch Museum	Bhuj	Gujarat	1877
Aina Mahal	Bhuj	Gujarat
Prag Mahal	Bhuj	Gujarat
Saraswati Mandir	Surat	Gujarat
Science Centre, Surat	Surat	Gujarat
Shristhal Sangrahalay	Siddhpur	Gujarat	2017
Jahaj Kothi Zonal Museum	Hisar	Haryana
Rewari Railway Heritage Museum	Rewari	Haryana	2002
Dharohar Museum	Kurukshetra	Haryana
Heritage Transport Museum	Taoru	Haryana	2013
Rakhigarhi Indus Valley Civilisation Museum	Rakhigarhi	Haryana
Shivalik Fossil Park	Sirmaur	Himachal Pradesh
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives	Dharamsala	Himachal Pradesh
Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asian and Kargil Trade Artefacts	Kargil	Jammu and Kashmir	2004
Dogra Art Museum	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	1954
SPS Museum	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	1898
Ranchi Science Centre	Ranchi	Jharkhand
State Museum Hotwar	Ranchi	Jharkhand
Government Museum, Bangalore	Bangalore	Karnataka	1864
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore	Bangalore	Karnataka	2009
Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum	Bangalore	Karnataka	1962
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath	Bangalore	Karnataka	1960
HAL Aerospace Museum	Bangalore	Karnataka
Venkatappa Art Gallery	Bangalore	Karnataka
Aloyseum	Mangalore	Karnataka	1913
Srimanthi Bhai Memorial Government Museum	Mangalore	Karnataka	1960
Manjusha Museum	Dharmasthala	Karnataka	1989
Regional Museum of Natural History	Mysuru	Karnataka	1995
Railway Museum, Mysore	Mysuru	Karnataka
Folklore Museum	Mysuru	Karnataka
Archaeological Museum, Thrissur	Thrissur	Kerala
Mural Art Museum	Thrissur	Kerala
Vallathol Museum	Thrissur	Kerala
Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum	Thrissur	Kerala
Indo-Portuguese Museum	Kochi	Kerala	1910
Kerala Soil Museum	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
Arakkal Museum	Ayikkara	Kerala
Teak Museum	Nilambur	Kerala
8 Point Art Cafe	Kollam	Kerala
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum	Kollam	Kerala
Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum	Kozhikode	Kerala	1976
Krishnapuram Palace	Kayamkulam	Kerala
Indian Business Museum	Kozhikode	Kerala
Museum of Kerala History	Kochi	Kerala
Napier Museum	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	1855
Keralam - Museum of History and Heritage	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
Kerala Science and Technology Museum	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
Wayanad Heritage Museum	Ambalavayal	Kerala
Hill Palace	Thrippunithura	Kerala
Revi Karunakaran Memorial Museum,	Alappuzha	Kerala
Indore Museum	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	1929
Bharat Bhavan	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1997
Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum	Dhubela	Madhya Pradesh
Gujari Mahal Archaeological Museum	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh
Sanchi Archaeological Museum	Sanchi	Madhya Pradesh	1919
Vidisha Museum	Vidisha	Madhya Pradesh
Bhau Daji Lad Museum	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1872
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1996
Mani Bhavan	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1922
Nehru Science Centre	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Cowasji Jehangir Hall	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1996
INS Vikrant (R11)	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1943
Nagpur Central Museum	Nagpur	Maharashtra	1863
Ballard Bunder Gatehouse	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1920
Piramal Museum of Art	Mumbai	Maharashtra	2016
Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway	Pune	Maharashtra
Mahatma Phule Museum	Pune	Maharashtra
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum	Pune	Maharashtra
Antarang – Sex Health Information Art Gallery	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar	Maharashtra
Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies	Nashik	Maharashtra
Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri Math)	Kolhapur	Maharashtra
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History	Pune	Maharashtra
Raman Science Centre	Nagpur	Maharashtra
Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum	Kolhapur	Maharashtra
Sarmaya Arts Foundation	Mumbai	Maharashtra	2015
Mizoram State Museum	Aizawl	Mizoram
Nagaland State Museum	Kohima	Nagaland	1970
National Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	1949
Sanskriti Kendra Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
National Science Centre	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art	National Capital Territory of Delhi	Delhi	2010
Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Indian Air Force Museum, Palam	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Madame Tussauds Delhi	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
National Museum of Natural History	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
National Rail Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	1977
National Gallery of Modern Art	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	1954
Teen Murti Bhavan	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	1930
Gandhi Smriti	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Parliament Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
National Gandhi Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Shankar's International Dolls Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Red Fort Archaeological Museum	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art	Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	2010
Odisha State Museum	Bhubaneshwar	Odisha	1932
Tribal Research Institute Museum	Bhubaneshwar	Odisha
Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneshwar	Odisha
Pondicherry Museum	Puducherry	Puducherry
Virasat-e-Khalsa	Anandpur Sahib	Punjab	2011
National Institute of Sports	Patiala	Punjab
Sanghol Museum	Sanghol	Punjab
Partition Museum	Amritsar	Punjab	2017
Sikh Ajaibghar	Balongi	Punjab
Gobindgarh Fort	Amritsar	Punjab
Jawahar Kala Kendra	Jaipur	Rajasthan
Albert Hall Museum	Jaipur	Rajasthan	1887
City Palace, Jaipur	Jaipur	Rajasthan
City Palace, Udaipur	Udaipur	Rajasthan
Umaid Bhawan Palace	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
Jaisalmer War Museum	Jaisalmer	Rajasthan
Vintage and Classic Car Museum	Udaipur	Rajasthan	2000
Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History	Sawai Madhopur	Rajasthan	2007
Sardar Government Museum	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	1936
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology	Gangtok	Sikkim
Chennai Railway Museum	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	2002
Government Museum, Chennai	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	1851
Vivekanandar Illam	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Gandhi Memorial Museum	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
Gass Forest Museum	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
Saraswathi Mahal Library	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu
Government Museum	Cuddalore	Tamil Nadu
Government Museum, Karur	Karur	Tamil Nadu
Government Museum, Pudukkottai	Pudukkottai	Tamil Nadu
Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
Railway Heritage Centre	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
Mahakavi Bharathi Memorial Library	Erode	Tamil Nadu
Alampur Museum	Alampur	Telangana
Birla Science Museum	Hyderabad	Telangana
City Museum	Hyderabad	Telangana
Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art	Hyderabad	Telangana	1976
Nizam Museum	Hyderabad	Telangana	2000
Khazana Building Museum	Hyderabad	Telangana
Salar Jung Museum	Hyderabad	Telangana	1951
Telangana State Archaeology Museum	Hyderabad	Telangana	1930
Warangal Museum	Warangal	Telangana
Tripura State Museum	Agartala	Tripura	1970
State Museum, Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	1863
Allahabad Museum	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	1931
Kanpur Sangrahalaya	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	1999
Government Museum, Mathura	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	1874
Sarnath Museum	Sarnath	Uttar Pradesh	1910
Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden	Noida	Uttar Pradesh
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
Swaraj Bhavan (old Anand Bhavan)	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
Bengal Natural History Museum	Darjeeling	West Bengal
Indian Museum	Kolkata	West Bengal	1814
Victoria Memorial	Kolkata	West Bengal	1921
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art	Kolkata	West Bengal
State Archaeological Gallery	Kolkata	West Bengal	1962
Sabarna Sangrahashala	Kolkata	West Bengal
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art	Kolkata	West Bengal
Gurusaday Museum	Kolkata	West Bengal	1961
Marble Palace	Kolkata	West Bengal
Metcalfe Hall	Kolkata	West Bengal
Kolkata Town Hall	Kolkata	West Bengal
Fort William	Kolkata	West Bengal
Jorasanko Thakur Bari	Kolkata	West Bengal
Academy of Fine Arts	Kolkata	West Bengal
Kolkata Rail Museum	Kolkata	West Bengal
Currency Building	Kolkata	West Bengal
Postal Museum	Kolkata	West Bengal
Mother's Wax Museum	Kolkata	West Bengal
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art	Kolkata	West Bengal
Maritime Gallery	Kolkata	West Bengal
Fanattic Sports Museum	Kolkata	West Bengal
Dymantion Hall	Kolkata	West Bengal
Malda Museum	Malda	West Bengal
Rabindra Museum	Mungpoo	West Bengal
Hazarduari Palace Museum	Murshidabad	West Bengal
Pragati Aerospace Museum	Ozar	Maharashtra	2001

By State

• List of museums in Bihar
• List of museums in Karnataka
• List of museums in Kerala
• List of museums in Madhya Pradesh
• List of museums in Rajasthan
• List of museums in West Bengal

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