List of Museums in India 2021

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A museum is an establishment that conserves a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific significance. We all have visited a museum at some point of our lives, be it a school trip or while on a family holiday. But, the new generation seems to have lost connection with its roots. That is why institutions like museums are important. Museums inspire and educate us of our culture, heritage and help us connect back to our roots. This article will give you information on List of Museums in India 2021.

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List of Museums in India 2021

India is a country rich in architectural beauty, culture, traditions and historical past. There are many popular museums in India. Below mentioned are the List of Museums in India 2021, in states and union territories of India.

List of Museums in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Name of the Museum	City
Anthropological Museum	Port Blair
Samudrika Naval Marine Museum	Delanipur

List of Museums in Andhra Pradesh

Name of the Museum	City
Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum	Kadapa
INS Kursura	Visakhapatnam
Victoria Jubilee Museum	Vijayawada
Visakha Museum(Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Museum)	Visakhapatnam
Archaeological Museum, Amaravati	Amaravati
Telugu Saamskruthika Niketanam	Vishakapatnam

List of Museums in Arunachal Pradesh

Name of the Museum	City
Jawaharlal Nehru Museum	Itanagar

List of Museums in Assam

Name of the Museum	City
Assam State Museum	Guwahati
Mayong Central Museum and Emporium	Mayong
Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra	Guwahati

List of Museums in Bihar

Name of the Museum	City
Patna Museum	Patna
Bihar Museum	Patna
Chandradhari Museum	Darbhanga
Jalan Museum	Patna
Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir	Patna

List of Museums in Chandigarh

Name of the Museum	City
Government Museum and Art Gallery	Chandigarh

List of Museums in Delhi (National Capital Territory)

Name of the Museum	City
Indian Air Force Museum	Palam, Delhi
Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum	Delhi
National Gandhi Museum	Delhi
National Gallery of Modern Art	Delhi
National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum	Delhi
National Museum	Delhi
National Museum of Natural History	Delhi
National Science Centre	Delhi
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library	Delhi
Parliament Museum	Delhi
Teen Murti Bhavan	Delhi
Sanskriti Kendra Museum	Delhi
Shankar’s International Dolls Museum	Delhi
Red Fort Archaeological Museum	Delhi
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Sulabh International Museum of Toilets	Delhi
Gandhi Smriti	Delhi
Madame Tussauds Delhi	Delhi

List of Museums in Goa

Name of the Museum	City
Goa Chitra Museum	Benaulim
Goa Science Centre	Panaji
Goa State Museum	Panaji
Naval Aviation Museum	Vasco da Gama
Big Foot Museum	Loutolim
Ashvek Vintage World	Nuvem
Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery	Old Goa
Museum of Christian Art	Old Goa
Museum of Goa	Pilerne

List of Museum in Gujarat

Name of the Museum	City
Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery	Vadodara
Calico Museum of Textiles	Ahmedabad
Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya	Ahmedabad
Gujarat Science City	Ahmedabad
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum	Ahmedabad
Kaba Gandhi No Delo	Rajkot
Kirti Mandir	Porbandar
Kutch Museum	Bhuj
Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum	Vadodara
Sabarmati Ashram	Ahmedabad
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial	Ahmedabad
Swaminarayan Museum	Ahmedabad
Watson Museum	Rajkot
Sanskar Kendra	Ahmedabad
Aina Mahal	Bhuj
Prag Mahal	Bhuj
Saraswati Mandir	Surat
Science Centre, Surat	Surat
Shristhal Sangrahalay	Siddhpur

List of Museums in Haryana

Name of the Museum	City
Dharohar Museum	Kurukshetra
Jahaj Kothi Zonal Museum	Hisar
Rewari Railway Heritage Museum	Rewari
Heritage Transport Museum	Taoru
Rakhigarhi Indus Valley Civilisation Museum	Rakhigarhi

List of Museums in Himachal Pradesh

Name of the Museum	City
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives	Dharamsala
Shivalik Fossil Park	Saketi

List of Museums in Jammu and Kashmir

Name of the Museum	City
Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asian and Kargil Trade Artifacts	Kargil
Dogra Art Museum	Jammu
SPS Museum	Srinagar

List of Museums in Jharkhand

Name of the Museum	City
Ranchi Science Centre	Ranchi
State Museum Hotwar	Jharkhand

List of Museums in Karnataka

Name of the Museum	City
Government Museum, Bangalore	Bangalore
National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore	Bangalore
Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum	Bangalore
HAL Aerospace Museum	Bangalore
Regional Museum of Natural History	Mysore
Folklore Museum	Mysore
Railway Museum, Mysore	Mysore
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath	Bangalore
Venkatappa Art Gallery	Bangalore
Aloyseum	Mangalore
Srimanthi Bhai Memorial Government Museum	Mangalore
Manjusha Museum	Dharmasthala

List of Museums in Kerala

Name of the Museum	City
Arakkal Museum	Ayikkara
Teak Museum	Nilambur
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum	Kollam
Krishnapuram Palace	Kayamkulam
Indo-Portuguese Museum	Kochi
Vallathol Museum	Thrissur
Mural Art Museum	Thrissur
8 Point Art Cafe	Kollam
Vaidyaratnam Ayurveda Museum	Thrissur
Indian Business Museum	Kozhikode
Kerala Soil Museum	Thiruvananthapuram
Napier Museum	Thiruvananthapuram
Pazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum	Kozhikode
Keralam – Museum of History and Heritage	Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala Science and Technology Museum	Thiruvanthapuram
Wayanad Heritage Museum	Ambalavayal
Hill Palace	Thrippunithura
Revi Karunakaran Memorial Museum	Alappuzha

List of Museums in Madhya Pradesh

Name of the Museum	City
Bharat Bhavan	Bhopal
Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal	Bhopal
Gujari Mahal Archaeological Museum	Gwalior
Sanchi Archaeological Museum	Sanchi
Indore Museum	Indore
Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum	Dhubela
Vidisha Museum	Vidisha

List of Museum in Maharashtra

Name of the Museum	City
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Prince of Wales Museum)	Mumbai
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai	Mumbai
Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri Math)	Kolhapur
Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Museum	Kolhapur
Raman Science Centre	Nagpur
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum	Pune
Nagpur Central Museum	Nagpur
Mani Bhavan	Mumbai
Mahatma Phule Museum	Pune
Joshi’s Museum of Miniature Railway	Pune
Sarmaya Arts Foundation	Mumbai
Cowasji Jehangir Hall	Mumbai
Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar	Ahmednagar
Nehru Science Center	Mumbai
Ballard Bunder Gatehouse	Mumbai
Bhau Daji Lad Museum	Mumbai
INS Vikrant (R11)	Mumbai
Piramal Museum of Art	Mumbai
Antarang – Sex Health Information Art Gallery	Mumbai
Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies	Nashik
Pragati Aerospace Museum	Ozar

List of Museum in Manipur

Name of the Museum	City
Manipur State Museum	Imphal
Sekta Archaeological Living Museum	Taretkhul

List of Museum in Mizoram

Name of the Museum	City
Mizoram State Museum	Aizawl

List of Museums in Odisha

Name of the Museum	City
Odisha State Museum	Bhubaneshwar
Regional Museum of Natural History	Bhubaneshwar
Tribal Research Institute Museum	Bhubaneshwar

List of Museums in Puducherry

Name of the Museum	City
Pondicherry Museum	Puducherry

List of Museums in Punjab

Name of the Museum	City
National Institute of Sports	Patiala
Sanghol Museum	Sanghol
Sikh Ajaibghar	Balongi
Virasat E Khalsa	Anandpur Sahib
The Partition Museum	Amritsar
Gobindgarh Fort	Amritsar

List of Museum in Rajasthan

Name of the Museum	City
Jawahar Kala Kendra	Jaipur
City Palace, Jaipur	Jaipur
City Palace, Udaipur	Udaipur
Albert Hall Museum	Jaipur
Umaid Bhavan Palace	Jodhpur
Jaisalmer War Museum	Jaisalmer
Vintage and Classic Car Museum	Udaipur
Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History	Sawai Madhopur
Sardar Government Museum	Jodhpur

List of Museums in Sikkim

Name of the Museum	City
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology	Gangtok

List of Museums in Tamil Nadu

Name of the Museum	City
Gandhi Memorial Museum	Madurai
Gass Forest Museum	Coimbatore
Government Museum	Cuddalore
Government Museum, Chennai	Chennai
Mahakavi Bharathi Memorial Library	Erode
Government Museum, Pudukkottai	Pudukkottai
Chennai Railway Museum	Chennai
Government Museum, Pudukkottai	Pudukkottai
Vivekanandar Illam	Chennai
Government Museum, Karur	Karur
Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli
Railway Heritage Centre	Tiruchirappalli
Saraswathi Mahal Library	Thanjavur

List of Museums in Telangana

Name of the Museum	City
Alampur Museum	Alampur
Birla Science Museum	Hyderabad
City Museum	Hyderabad
Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art	Hyderabad
Nizam Museum	Hyderabad
Khazana Building Museum	Hyderabad
Salar Jung Museum	Hyderabad
Telangana State Archaeology Museum	Hyderabad
Warangal Museum	Warangal

List of Museums in Tripura

Name of the Museum	City
Tripura State Museum	Agartala

List of Museums in Uttarakhand

Name of the Museum	City
Forest Research Institute	Dehradun

List of Museums in Uttar Pradesh

Name of the Museum	City
State Museum, Lucknow	Lucknow
Allahabad Museum	Prayagraj
Kanpur Sangrahalaya	Kanpur
Government Museum, Mathura	Mathura
Sarnath Museum	Sarnath
Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden	Noida
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences	Aligarh
Swaraj Bhavan (old Anand Bhavan)	Prayagraj

List of Museums in West Bengal

Name of the Museum	City
Indian Museum	Kolkata
Victoria Memorial	Kolkata
Asutosh Museum of Indian Art	Kolkata
State Archaeological Gallery	Kolkata
Sabarna Sangrahashala	Kolkata
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art	Kolkata
Gurusaday Museum	Kolkata
Marble Palace	Kolkata
Jorasanko Thakur Bari	Kolkata
Academy of Fine Arts	Kolkata
Malda Museum	Malda
Rabindra Museum	Mungpoo
Hazarduari Palace Museum	Murshidabad

Top Museums in India 2021

Now that we have read List of Museums in India 2021, let us take a look at the top 5 Museums in India 2021.

National Museum, Delhi – Situated at Janpath, the National Museum is the biggest historical museum in India. It exhibits articles going from pre-historic time to current masterpieces. The notable pieces in the museum are the antiquities of the Indus Valley Civilization and the Mughal period.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai – Formerly known as The Prince of Wales Museum, this museum exhibits very notable collections. The museum has craftsmanship, mold, old guns, uncommon mint pieces, and an invaluable collection of exhibits from pre independent India.
The Indian Museum, Kolkata -The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also known as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in colonial-era texts, is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest museum in India, and the largest museum in India. It was founded in 1814.
Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad – The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum situated at Dar-ul-Shifa, on the southern bank of the Musi River in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the three National Museums in India. It was founded in the year 1951.
The Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad – Located in a beautifully wooden-cut Haveli, the museum is the premier textile museum in the country and has the world’s best exhibition hall for textiles. The Calico Museum of Textiles is distinct for its uniqueness and vestige of displays.

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