Museums
Museums of India
461 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum27museums
Science museum14museums
Archaeological museum14museums
Railway museum12museums
2Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad, Telangana
Art museum · 1951
1.21M visitors3 famous works
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3Patna Museum
Patna, Bihar
1917
800k visitors2 famous works
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6Nehru Science Centre
Fort, Maharashtra
Science museum · 1985
778k visitors
8Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1995
141k visitors
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12Sabarmati Ashram
Ahmadabad Cantonment, Gujarat
1915
700k visitors
13Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
Champaner, Gujarat
Archaeological park
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15Indira Gandhi Planetarium
Patna, Bihar
1993
985k visitors
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16Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Science museum · 1962
1M visitors
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17Bihar Museum
Patna, Bihar
Art museum · 2011
1 famous works
19National Museum of Natural History
New Delhi, Delhi
Natural history museum · 1972
21Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Fort, Maharashtra
1922
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23National Gallery of Modern Art
New Delhi, Delhi
Art museum · 1954
8 famous works
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26National Rail Museum
Kusum Pur, Delhi
Railway museum · 1977
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27Napier Museum
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Art museum · 1855
1 famous works
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32Government Museum, Chennai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
1851
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44Jang-e-Azadi Memorial
Kartarpur, Punjab
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55Krishnapuram Palace
Krishnāpuram, Kerala
59National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi
New Delhi, Delhi
Art museum · 1956
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 27 |
| Science museum | 14 |
| Archaeological museum | 14 |
| Railway museum | 12 |
| Military museum | 7 |
| Heritage centre | 6 |
| Automobile museum | 3 |
| Police museum | 3 |
| Aviation museum | 3 |
| Local museum | 3 |
| Wax museum | 2 |
| Science center | 2 |
| Geological museum | 2 |
| Transport museum | 2 |