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This is a list of notable museums in India by state and union territory: List. Andhra Pradesh. Name City/Town State/Territory Year Established Bapu Museum: ...
The Indian Museum (formerly called Imperial Museum of Calcutta before independence, [1] [2]) is a massive museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest and largest museum in Asia, by size of collection .
The National Museum in New Delhi, also known as the National Museum of India, is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from the pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The museum is situated on Janpath. [1]
The museum has built the following open-air exhibitions: Tribal Habitat, Coastal Village, Desert Village, Himalayan Village, Rock Art Heritage, Mythological Trail, River Valley Culture, Aiyyanar Shrine Complex, and Traditional Technology Park. The museum also has a regional centre for the South India region, located at Mysore in Karnataka. [2 ...
Government Museum, Bengaluru, established in 1865 by the Mysore State with the guidance of Surgeon Edward Balfour who founded the museum in Madras and supported by the Chief Commissioner of Mysore, L.B. Bowring, [1] is one of the oldest museums in India [3] and the second oldest museum in South India. [1]
National Gallery of Modern Art, entrance signage. The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.The main museum at Jaipur House in New Delhi was established on 29 March 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore.
A museum was originally set up in Allahabad in 1863 by North-West Province Governor General Sir William Muir, before being shut down for unspecified reasons in 1881.After the initiative to reopen the museum was taken by Jawaharlal Nehru, the then President of the Allahabad Municipal Board, stalwarts like Madan Mohan Malviya and the then leading newspaper The Pioneer, the museum was eventually ...
Established in 1863, Nagpur Central Museum is one of the oldest museums in India and Maharashtra. [2] It holds important artifacts such as dinosaurs' fossils, coins, ancient inscriptions, sculptures, arms, tribal artifacts from per-historic to the modern time. The Nagpur Central Museum is the oldest and largest museum in the Central India ...