Museums of India Desk, Sahapedia  

House of Jagat Seth Museum contains personal possessions of Jagat Seth and his family including coins of the bygone era, muslin and other extravagant clothes, Banarasi sarees embroidered with gold and silver threads.

House of Jagat Seth Museum

The house of the actor, filmmaker and popular politician Dr Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran, commonly known as MGR, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 to 1987, was converted into a museum after his death. Dr MGR Memorial House, which was once his official residence, now houses several interesting memorabilia associated with his life, acting and political career.

Dr MGR Memorial House

Godly Museum, run by the Brahmakumaris, is situated just opposite the bus stand at Chamundi Hills.

Godly Museum

Vishwam Museum, situated in Mysore in Avadhoota Datta Peetham, an ashram of Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda, houses an eclectic collection of objects.

Vishwam Museum

The Regional Museum of Natural History in Mysore is the southern regional office of the National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, a subordinate office of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.

Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore

A private museum in Rhenock Bazar, East Sikkim, Ram Gauri Sangrahalay is home to ethnographic objects like driftwood, artistic stones, utensils, old documents related to the state, rare manuscripts, coins and stamps.

Ram Gauri Sangrahalay

Jayachamrajendra Art Gallery is housed in the famous Jaganmohan Palace built in 1861 by the then king Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar.

Jayachamrajendra Art Gallery

The Folklore Museum in Mysore is housed in the Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion of University of Mysore.

Folklore Museum, Mysore

The Railway Museum Mysore, established in 1979, is an outdoor museum exhibiting locomotives.

Railway Museum Mysore

SBI Archive and Museum has a rich collection of original records and historical objects outlining the odyssey and transition of banking in India.

SBI Archive and Museum

DakshinaChitra is a living-history museum, dedicated to South Indian heritage and culture.

DakshinaChitra

The erstwhile residence of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose (renowned Bengali physicist, botanist and archaeologist), Acharya Bhaban was constructed in the year 1902 and is known to have served as the hub of Bengal Renaissance.

Acharya Bhaban

Sabarna Sangrahashala is a museum about the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family, who had transferred by lease their rights over three villages to the East India Company.

Sabarna Sangrahashala

Sangraha, which literally translates to collection, is a museum that exhibits all the major artworks and handicrafts that were used to furnish the most famous and award winning Durga Puja theme pandals in 2016, which have been duly collected and curated by the honorable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.

Sangraha

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is famously known to have been an applied statistician and scientist and was the founder of the esteemed Indian Statistical Institute, which decided to set up a museum and archive in his memory.

P.C.M. Memorial Museum & Archive

The Gandhi Memorial Museum or the Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya was established with the motive to collect, preserve and display materials connected with the memory of the Mahatma, and the collections particularly focus on his connection with Bengal and Orissa.

Gandhi Memorial Museum

The Geology Museum came into existence as per the efforts of P. C. Mahalanobish and biologist Pamela Robinson, whom he met during his visit to England.

Geology Museum

The Partition of India in 1947 resulted in the largest mass migration in human history, with some twelve to eighteen million people directly impacted. The Partition Museum has been set up as a People’s Museum to remember all those millions who lost their homes or loved ones at that time. It is the world’s first Museum on the Partition, and as such serves as an important memorial.

The Partition Museum

The Rail Museum at Howrah highlights the history and heritage of the railways in the eastern part of the country, with special focus on the history of Howrah station, the second largest and one of the most busiest railway stations in the country, and the railways in eastern India in general.

Rail Museum, Howrah

Institut de Chandernagore, also known as Dupleix Palace, is one of the oldest museums of West Bengal.

Institut de Chandernagore

The town of Malda used to be the ancient capital of Bengal before colonial rule. The Malda Museum, situated on Bandh Road, serves to showcase the rich historical heritage of the area.

Malda Museum

The Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Museum situated in the premises of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal commemorates the ideals of social justice and equality.

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Prateek Sthal

The Philatelic Museum is located in the General Post Office building, which dates back to the era of British rule.

Philatelic Museum

The 1857 Memorial Museum, Residency through its galleries A-K showcases the impact of the First War of Independence, 1857, on the Residency complex.

1857 Memorial Museum, Residency

This museum is the ancestral home of Birju Maharaj, which was given to his ancestors by Wajid Ali Shah, a great patron of arts and culture in the city of Nawabs, Lucknow.

Kalka-Bindadin ki Dyodhi and Kathak Museum

The Museum of Socialism is a wedge-shaped building which is divided into two parts: the zone of absorption and the zone of reflection. These spaces have been architecturally designed to stimulate curiosity and reflection regarding the principles of socialism.

Museum of Socialism, Jayaprakash Narayan Interpretation Centre

Vivid depictions of India’s distant and recent past await visitors at the Allahabad Museum. Around 72,000 artefacts are on display here, ranging from the times of antiquity to modern history.

Allahabad Museum

In order to preserve tribal culture, and to develop, preserve and promote Adivasi folk art, the Adivart Tribal and Folk Art Museum in Khajuraho was established in 2001 by the Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Adivart Folk and Tribal Museum

The State Museum, Lucknow, located within the premises of the Lucknow Zoo, was established in 1863. The multi-purpose museum has several galleries with artefacts on display, ranging from natural history objects to objects from the Stone Age.

State Museum, Lucknow

The Natural History Museum, Chandigarh, is situated in the outer corner of the museum campus in Sector-10, Chandigarh, sharing the expansive space with the Government Museum and Art Gallery and the Architecture Museum. The exhibits in this museum cover 5,000 years of Indian history, from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the present day.

Natural History Museum

The Government Museum and Art Gallery is a pioneering institution nestled in the heart of the first planned city of modern India.

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

ASI's Archaeological Museum of Khajuraho is located in the Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh. The primary collection of this museum consists of sculptures and antiquities from the Chandella Period when Khajuraho or Khajura-vahaka was the capital city.

Archaeological Museum, Khajuraho

The erstwhile residence of the Nehru family, Anand Bhawan is a historic house museum in Allahabad.

Anand Bhawan

The Museum of Man is carefully tucked in the heart of Panjab University. Located near the administrative block, it is a part of the Department of Anthropology.

S.R.K. Chopra Museum of Man

The first interactive museum in South India, Kerala Museum of History and Heritage has eight galleries which lays out to the visitor the stages of evolution in Kerala, beginning with the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, and finally leading to the traditional history of the state.

Kerala Museum of History and Heritage

The Tribal Museum is a part of the Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute located at Tagore Hill, Morabadi.

Tribal Museum, Ranchi

Inaugurated by the then Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, on September 10, 2009, the State Museum, Ranchi, houses many historical artefacts as well as modern-day art pieces created by renowned artists from all over Jharkhand.

State Museum, Ranchi

Once a residence of the Nehru family, today Swaraj Bhawan serves as a museum, with scores of photographs of the Nehru family and its scions on exhibition.

Swaraj Bhawan

Built in 1854 by the Deputy Commissioner of Chota Nagpur (1850–1856), Captain Hannyington, Audrey House currently houses four galleries, an amphitheatre, and a conference room.

Audrey House

The museum of the Tribal Research Institute (TRI) is a depository of information and artefacts belonging to some of the 34 recognised tribes of Manipur.

Tribal Research Institute Museum

To promote the understanding of India's legal structure among the masses, the High Court Museum was set up in the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh. 

Punjab and Haryana High Court Museum

The Museum of Fine Arts is an integral part of the Department of Art History and Visual Arts (AHVA), Panjab University. 

Fine Arts Museum

For honouring Pierre Jeanneret's contribution in the making of Chandigarh and keeping his memory alive, his house was converted into a museum which was inaugurated on March 22, 2017, on his 122nd birth anniversary.

Pierre Jeanneret Museum

Excavated by the Department of Archaeology in 1974, many architectural and ornamental sculptures of Bhima Devi Temple  are placed in an open-air complex. A museum was later constructed and inaugurated on July 13, 2009, by the then Chief Minister of Haryana, Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, to house and display the sculptures that were excavated. 

Bhima Devi Temple

 Le Corbusier Centre aims to preserve and display the archival material, documents, paintings and photographs related to the making of the city of Chandigarh.

Le Corbusier Centre

Chandigarh Architecture Museum, commonly known as the City Museum, is representative of the spirit of the first planned city of independent India and continues to inspire modern and urban experiments.

City Museum

The International Dolls Museum was set up in Chandigarh as an entertainment and developmental hub for kids.

International Dolls Museum

The National Gallery of Portraits has a vibrant and varied collection of portraits, busts, sculptures, images, prints of rare documents, photos and paintings based on India’s struggle for independence.

National Gallery of Portraits

The Rag Dolls Museum is an integral part of the Rock Garden, one of the signature landmarks of Chandigarh.  The museum was inaugurated on the second death anniversary of its legendary creator Sh. Nek Chand on June 12, 2017. 

Rag Dolls Museum

The Museum of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, located inside the campus of the Panjab University, falls under the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Archaeology.

Museum of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology

The Nature Interpretation Centre was built near the Sukhna Lake to sensitise and educate the visitors and the residents of the city of Chandigarh about environmental conservation. 

Nature Interpretation Centre

Inaugurated in 2018, the G. Karthikeyan Legislature Museum is dedicated to the history of the political setup of the state of Kerala, with special emphasis on the legislative assembly.

G. Karthikeyan Legislature Museum

The Kerala Biodiversity Museum boasts of life-sized replicas of various animals and ecological environments including the underwater ecosystem, the forest ecosystem, and so on.

Kerala Biodiversity Museum

The H.H. Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma Chithralayam, also known as Chitralayam Palace Museum, is an art gallery which exhibits the history and genealogy of the Maharajas of Travancore.

H.H. Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma Chithralayam

A delight for most children, the Science Park has a variety of galleries such as automobile, energy, climate change and fun-science.

Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park

Located in the Sadhu Vaswani Mission premises, the Darshan Museum tells the life story and the contributions of Sadhu Vaswani, a visionary, poet and famous educator.

Darshan Museum

The Tribal Cultural Museum, part of the Tribal Research and Training Institute, Pune, showcases a wide variety of artefacts from the tribes of western India.

Tribal Cultural Museum

The Southern Command Museum is situated within the premises of the National War Memorial, in the heart of one of Pune's greenest areas--the Southern Command Cantonment.

Southern Command Museum

Located in the beautiful Chapekar Wada, the Chapekar Museum tells the history of a few Maharashtrian freedom fighters, focussing on the life of the Chapekar brothers

Chapekar Museum

Located in the Aga Khan Palace, one of Pune's most popular tourist destinations, the museum is dedicated to the lives of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi, and the struggle for India's independence.

Gandhi National Memorial Society

The museum is dedicated to the history of mining and export of gold in India, with emphasis on the Gadgil family and their contribution to the field.

Dajikaka Gadgil Gold Museum

The Lokmanya Tilak Museum, located in Kesari Wada, Narayan Peth, was inaugurated in January 1999 by Mrs Sonia Gandhi.

Lokmanya Tilak Museum

The Yashlaxmi Numismatic Museum houses Mr Narendra Tole's vast personal collection of coins and notes. 

Yashlaxmi Numismatic Museum

The Vikram Pendse Cycles Museum opened in May 2017 with a massive personal collection of cycles, restored and put together by Vikram Pendse and Pandurang Gaikwad.

Vikram Pendse Cycle Museum

The Afro Asian Cultural Museum, established in 2001, attempts to embrace and celebrate the diversity of cultures by providing detailed information about African and Asian countries.

Afro Asian Cultural Museum

Spread over 4,000 square feet, the Blades of Glory Cricket Museum houses autographed bats, balls, shoes, pads, jerseys, and so on, from some of cricket’s greatest cricketers.

Blades of Glory Cricket Museum

Housing a vast variety of sculptures of Buddha made up of wood, metal and marble, the museum has one large gallery and is located in Ambedkar Bhavan.

Arya Nagarjuna Museum

 The Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum and Memorial houses several of Ambedkar’s personal belongings, including his Bharat Ratna Award and the urn containing his ashes. 

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Museum and Memorial

Curated by Sudhakar Khambe, the son of Subedar Khambe, the single-galleried museum tells the story of the Mahar Regiment through rare photographs and artefacts that include shoulder titles and badges, manuscripts, caps, medals and uniforms of the regiment.

Subedar Dharmaji Khambe Memorial National Military Article's Museum

The Mahatma Phule Vastu Sangrahalaya was first established in 1890 as the Poona Industrial Museum. Later, it was renamed to Lord Reay Museum, before being called Mahatma Phule Museum in 1968.

Mahatma Phule Vastu Sangrahalaya

Maharashtra is the only state in India that has a complete computerised collection of land records. The Museum of Land Records showcases a vast variety of maps and images from around the state.

Museum of Land Records

Located in the premises of Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Loni, the Raj Kapoor Memorial is dedicated to the legendary Bollywood superstar Raj Kapoor.

Raj Kapoor Memorial

The D.D. Rege Museum is a vast, comprehensive collection of photographs of various saints and their articles that range from old footwear, necklaces, shawls, and religious articles.

D.D. Rege Museum of Saints

Built in the year 1967, Gandhi Sangrahalaya is dedicated to the 'Father of India', Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Gandhi Sangrahalaya

Shrikrishna Science Centre is a constituent unit of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous body that works under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. 

Shrikrishna Science Centre

Following Bihar's separation from Bengal in 1912, Patna Museum was inaugurated in the year 1917 by Sir Edward Gait in a small room of the Patna High Court to represent Bihar's history.

Patna Museum

The Museum of Sacrificial Utensils and Materials is located inside the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhan Mandal, which is an institute of research for Indian history and also provides training to research scholars.

Museum of Sacrificial Utensils

Joshi’s Museum of Miniature Railways represents the private collection of Mr B.S. Joshi, who was fondly referred to as ‘Bhau’. The museum is located in Kothrud, Pune, and is a part of a factory named Soudamini Instruments.

Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railways

A famous journalist and writer, Francois Gautier, founded the Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum of Indian History in 2010. The purpose of this museum is to show the various aspects of Indian history through several time periods. 

Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum of Indian History

Farid’s Camera Museum was established and registered in 1968. It is the personal collection of Mr. Farid, a photographer himself since his early years.

Farid's Camera Museum

Located in the heart of Patna, the Bihar Museum was inaugurated in 2015. It intended to create an engaging and appropriately scaled response to a prominent site—an ambitious and multi-faceted museum program.

Bihar Museum

The Ajmer Government Museum was established in October 1908 under the initiative of Lord Carson and Sir John Marshall, the then Director-General of Archaeology in India.

Ajmer Government Museum

Siddhkoot Chaityalaya was founded in 1864. It is also known as ‘Red Temple’ as it is built of red sandstone. There is a museum attached to the temple.

Ajmer Jain Temple (Soniji Ki Nasiyan)

Erandwane Fire Museum, or Keshavrao Jagtap Museum, is a two-story museum located in Erandwane, and is dedicated to the fire and rescue legacy of India. 

Erandwane Fire Museum

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Museum is located in Surat’s Science Centre. It was established in 1890 by the then collector of Surat, Mr Winchester.

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Museum

The Royal, Heritage, Adivasi, Toran and Tridev Museum showcases the history of the Gohil Dynasty through its personal and ancestral collections. 

The Royal, Heritage, Adivasi, Toran, and Tridev Museum

Indore Cultural Mapping Team, Sahapedia  

Commissioned by the Holkar dynasty in the late 19th century, currently the Lal Bagh Palace functions as a museum displaying artifacts from the Holkar dynasty along with a rare coin collection from the Mughal period. 

Lal Bagh Palace

Pranay  Diwani

Asia's biggest artillery museum, the Artillary Museum at Deolali Gaon, Nashik, houses a number of vintage and modern weapons including army tanks, radar systems, and aircrafts.

Regiment of Artillery Museum

Gargoti: The Mineral Museum near Nashik is India's first and the world's biggest private gem and mineral museum.

Gargoti: The Mineral Museum

Fatima  Hameed

The Jawaharlal Nehru Van Udyan, located at the foothills of the Pandav Leni caves is a botanical garden housing diverse herbal plants, flowers and butterflies.

Jawaharlal Nehru Van Udyan

Ashutosh  Sharma

Suhaas  Putta

The oldest museum in Hyderabad, the Telangana State Archaeology Museum was built by the last Nizam to preserve the unique heritage of the state.

Telangana State Archaeology Museum

The Railway Museum at Kacheguda was made to exhibit the origin and growth of the railways in India. A special attraction at the museum is the ‘Sir Alec’ Steam Locomotive built in 1907 by Kitson & Co, Leeds.

Railway Museum

B.M Birla Science Centre was built for disseminating scientific knowledge along with scientific research and development. The Centre also houses an archaeological gallery exhibiting various artefacts and an art gallery showcasing Birla family’s collection.

Birla Science Museum

Adrija  Ghosh

The Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar, exhibits flora, fauna and geology of Odisha, the eastern and north-eastern India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India and even Madagascar and parts of Africa.

Regional Museum of Natural History

Rituparna   Pal

Kalabhoomi Odisha Crafts Museum is a project of the Handicraft and Handloom Department of Odisha to showcase the rich variety of handicraft and handloom practices in the state and facilitate interaction between the crafts persons and the customers.

Kala Bhoomi Odisha Crafts Museum

Started as a small archive by N.C. Banerjee and Ghanshyam Dash of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, the Odisha State Museum was transferred to Bhubaneswar in 1957 under the initiative of Dr H. K. Mahtab, the then chief minister of the state.

Odisha State Museum

The Marble Palace at Chore Bagan, Kolkata, with its lavish architecture and eccentric collection is a reminder of the opulence of 19th century Kolkata’s landed gentry class.

Museums

House of Jagat Seth Museum

Biography

Dr MGR Memorial House

Biography

Godly Museum

Religion

Vishwam Museum

Specialized

Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore

Natural History

Ram Gauri Sangrahalay

Anthropology and Ethnography