Major Museums of India:
What is museum?
A museum is an institution opened to the public for the collection, research, dissemination or display of the heritage of man and the environment for the service and development of society and for the purpose of education, study and entertainment.
Indian Museum: Indian Museum is the best museum in India. It houses a rare collection of antiquities, war materials, jewelry, skeletons, mummies, fossils, and Mughal paintings, etc. The Indian Museum was established in 1814 by the Danish botanist Dr. Nathaniel Wallick. It is the oldest museum in Asia and the largest in India. There is also a 4000 year old Purashav in this museum.
The object of this museum is to acquire, preserve and study all antiquities of national importance, as well as to disseminate knowledge and entertain through them. Highlights of its collections include oriental culture, history, and natural science, as well as some specimens from other countries.
| Museum Name | Location |
| Indira Gandhi National Human Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Calico Textiles Museum | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Prince of Wales Museum) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial and Museum | New Delhi |
| Dandi Cottage Museum | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
| Napier Museum | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Naval Aviation Museum | Vascoda Gama, Goa |
| Navy Museum (also known as Swarna Jyoti Museum) | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
| Submarine Museum (INS Kurusura) Museum | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
| Partition Museum | Amritsar, Punjab |
| Birla Industrial & Technological Museum | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Bombay Natural History Museum | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Indian Museum (Largest in India) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| National Philatelic Museum | New Delhi |
| Sansar Chand Museum | Kangda, Himachal Pradesh |
| National Museum | New Delhi |
| National Museum of Handicrafts and Handlooms | New Delhi |
| National Rail Museum | New Delhi |
| Air Force Museum | New Delhi |
| Victoria Jubilee Museum | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
| Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Salar Jung Museum | Hyderabad |
| International Doll Museum | New Delhi |
| Prince of Wales Museum | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Egmore Museum | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Allahabad Museum | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Swaraj Bhavan | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Sarnath Museum | Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh |
| State Museum | Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| Albert Hall Museum | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Mumbai Sexual Museum | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Shri Chhatrapati Shahu Museum | Kolhapur, Maharashtra |
| Siddagiri Village Life Museum | Kolhapur, Maharashtra |
| National Museum of Modern Art | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Archaeological Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| State Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Regional Natural Science Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Sanchi Archaeological Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Tribal Museum | Patalkot, Madhya Pradesh |
| National Telecom Museum | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
| Sudha Car Museum | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Nizam Museum | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Salar Jung Museum | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Government Museum | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Royal Museum | Tanjore, Tamil Nadu |
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