Museums in India

By theme

How India’s museums split across the six broad themes. Museums catalogued simply as “a museum”, with no narrower type recorded, fall under General.

A sample of museums

A selection of 60 of India’s 475 museums, alphabetically. Open the map to explore them all by location.

Acharya Jogesh Chandra Purakriti Bhaban · Adivart Tribal & Folk Art Museum · Adra Museum · Akbari Fort & Museum · Aksharam Museum · Akshaya Kumar Maitreya Heritage Museum · Alampur Museum · Albert Hall Museum · Alipore Central Jail · Allahabad Museum · Aloyseum · Amaravati Archaeological Museum · Amdavad ni Gufa · Amrapali Museum · Anand Bhavan · Ancient Jain Temple (Museum Building) · Anglo Sikh War Memorial · Anna Science Centre · Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing · Antarang – Sex Health Information Art Gallery · Arakkal Museum · Araku Tribal Museum · Archaeological Museum · Archaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery · Archaeological Museum of Bodhgaya · Archaeological Museum, Nalanda · Archaeological Museum, Thrissur · Archaeological Museum, Vijayapura · Archaeological Museum, Vikramshila · Army Heritage Museum, Shimla · Arna Jharna Museum · Aryabhatt Planetarium · Ashvek Vintage World · Asiatic Society of Mumbai · Assam State Museum · Asutosh Museum of Indian Art · Azad Memorabilia Museum · Bagnan Ananda Niketan Kirtishala · Ballard Bunder Gatehouse · Bandemataram Bhaban · Banjara Virasat Museum · Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery · Bay Island Driftwood Museum, Kumarakom · Begusarai Museum · Bengal Natural History Museum · Benjamin Bailey Museum · Bhagalpur Museum · Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum · Bhai Vir Singh Memorial House · Bharat Bhavan · Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal · Bharat Kala Bhavan · Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal · Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir · Big Foot Museum · Bihar Museum · Birla Industrial & Technological Museum · Birla Planetarium · Birla Science Museum · Black Diamond Museum, Angul