Museums of India

Government Museum, Mathura, commonly referred to as Mathura museum, is an archaeological museum in Mathura city of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The museum was founded by then collector of the Mathura district, Sir F. S. Growse in 1874. Initially, it was known as Curzon Museum of Archaeology, then Archaeology Museum, Mathura, and finally changed […]

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. It owes its existence to the partition of India. Prior to the partition, much of the collections of art objects, paintings and sculptures present here were

Bharat Kala Bhavan is a university museum located in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. It has been instrumental in the dissemination of knowledge on Indian art and culture. It is one of the important touristic attractions in the Banaras Hindu University and in the city of Varanasi. Bharat Kala Bhavan has a collection of artefacts,

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery under the 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 in Mumbai and Bangalore. Its collection of more than 17,000 works by

The National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai was opened in 1996. It hosts various exhibitions and art collections of famous artists, sculptors and different civilizations The idea of a National art gallery was first mooted in 1949, and further developed by Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and Maulana Azad, bureaucrats such as Humayun Kabir and

Sri Chitra Art Gallery, also known as the Sri Chitralayam, displays a precious collection of paintings by the royals. Shri Chitra Art Gallery features a varied collection of classical and modern paintings. You can witness the beautiful works of Raja Ravi Varma, Nicholas Roerich, Svetoslav Roerich, Jamini Roy, and Rabindranath Tagore, to name a few.

Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum is a museum housed within the Maharaja’s palace (the Lakshmi Vilas Palace) in Vadodara, India. The building was constructed as a school for the Maharaja’s children. Today a large number of works of art belonging to the Maratha royal family are displayed in the museum. The museum contains works of art

Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (at the present building of the Asiatic Society, 1 Park Street, Kolkata), Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. It is the ninth oldest museum

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. While the Museum continued

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, (CSMVS) formerly named the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India is a museum in Mumbai (Maharashtra, India) that documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times. The museum started construction on November 11, 1905, to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales, the future King George