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Museums in India

National and state museums, memorial museums and palace collections. 101 museums across 23 states and union territories.

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Sabarmati Ashram, GujaratGandhi Smriti, DelhiCity Palace, Jaipur, RajasthanChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, MaharashtraPatna Museum, BiharImphal Peace Museum, ManipurLoktak Folklore Museum, ManipurGovernment Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, ChandigarhTeen Murti Bhavan, DelhiSaraswathi Mahal Library, Tamil NaduAllahabad Museum, Uttar PradeshGovernment Museum, Chennai, Tamil NaduPrime Ministers' Museum and Library, DelhiMani Bhavan, MaharashtraAlbert Hall Museum, RajasthanAlipore Central Jail, West BengalVirasat-e-Khalsa, PunjabSanskar Kendra, GujaratRaja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, MaharashtraBirla Science Museum, TelanganaThe Asiatic Society of Mumbai, MaharashtraGoa State Museum, GoaJai Vilas Mahal, Madhya PradeshGovernment Museum, Mathura, Uttar PradeshJang-e-Azadi Memorial, PunjabPartition Museum, PunjabArakkal Museum, KeralaGandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai, Tamil NaduHill Palace, Kochi, KeralaJawahar Kala Kendra, RajasthanKrishnapuram Palace, KeralaOdisha State Museum, OdishaGhalib Museum, DelhiSulabh International Museum of Toilets, DelhiMizoram State Museum, MizoramOdisha Crafts Museum, OdishaBharat Bhavan, Madhya PradeshGovernment Museum, Bengaluru, KarnatakaAssam State Museum, AssamKaba Gandhi No Delo, GujaratIndira Gandhi Planetarium, BiharNetaji Bhawan, West BengalJalan Museum, BiharGurusaday Museum, West BengalGandhi Sangrahalaya, Patna, BiharAlampur Museum, TelanganaBharat Kala Bhavan, Uttar PradeshSudha Cars Museum, TelanganaOriental Research Institute Mysore, KarnatakaMaharaja Fateh Singh Museum, GujaratKirti Mandir, Porbandar, GujaratManipur State Museum, ManipurState Museum, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshTeak Museum, KeralaBharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, MaharashtraAsutosh Museum of Indian Art, West BengalBharatiya Lok Kala Mandal, RajasthanDr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, MaharashtraFateh Burj, PunjabJawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar, Arunachal PradeshKarnataka Chitrakala Parishath, KarnatakaState Archaeological Museum, West BengalThanjavur Maratha Palace, Tamil NaduTribal Research Institute Museum, OdishaThe Nizam's Museum, TelanganaGhalib ki Haveli, DelhiArchaeological Museum and Portrait Gallery, GoaVisakha Museum, Andhra PradeshKerala Soil Museum, KeralaNagpur Central Museum, Maharashtra8 Point Art Cafe, KeralaTU 142 Aircraft Museum, Andhra PradeshSPS Museum, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhChandradhari Museum, BiharTibet Museum, Himachal PradeshShankar's International Dolls Museum, DelhiMysore Sand Sculpture Museum, KarnatakaKumuram Bheem Tribal Museum, TelanganaMuseum of Santal Culture, West BengalVivekanandar Illam, Tamil NaduPazhassi Raja Archaeological Museum, KeralaBirla Planetarium, Chennai, Tamil NaduCalico Museum of Textiles, GujaratGujarat Science City, GujaratIndore Museum, Madhya PradeshKanpur Sangrahalaya, Uttar PradeshMalda Museum, West BengalManjusha Museum, KarnatakaRabindra Museum, West BengalRamakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, West BengalSikh Ajaibghar, Balongi, PunjabSwaraj Bhavan, Uttar PradeshWatson Museum, GujaratWayanad Heritage Museum, KeralaDogra Art Museum, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir and LadakhState Museum, Lucknow, Uttar PradeshMahatma Phule Museum, MaharashtraGandhi Teerth, MaharashtraWarangal Museum, TelanganaSwami Vivekananda Planetarium, KarnatakaMughal Museum, Maharashtra

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The best-known museums

Ranked by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them.

Sabarmati Ashram

Gujarat

Residence of Mahatma Gandhi (1917-1930).

Where
Ahmedabad
Opened
1915
Founded by
Mahatma Gandhi

Wikipedia

Gandhi Smriti

Delhi

Museum and death place of Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi, India.

Where
New Delhi district
Opened
1928

Delhi guideWikipedia

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Maharashtra
Where
Mumbai City district
Opened
1922
Status
Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mumbai guide (18 km)Wikipedia

Patna Museum

Bihar
Opened
1917

Wikipedia

Imphal Peace Museum

Manipur

WWII museum in Manipur.

Where
Imphal
Opened
2019

Wikipedia

Loktak Folklore Museum

Manipur

Folklore museum in Manipur.

Where
Thanga

Wikipedia

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Art museum, architecture museum, natural history museum in Chandigarh, India.

Opened
1947

Shimla guide (53 km)Wikipedia

Teen Murti Bhavan

Delhi

Former residence of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, in New Delhi.

Where
New Delhi district
Opened
1930

Delhi guideWikipedia

Saraswathi Mahal Library

Tamil Nadu

Library in Thanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, India.

Wikipedia

Allahabad Museum

Uttar Pradesh
Where
Prayagraj
Opened
1931

Wikipedia

Virasat-e-Khalsa

Punjab
Where
Anandpur Sahib
Opened
2011

Wikipedia

Sanskar Kendra

Gujarat

Museum and architectural site at Ahmedabad, India.

Where
Ahmedabad
Opened
1954
Style
brutalist architecture

Wikipedia

All 101 museums by state

Andhra Pradesh 2

Arunachal Pradesh 1

Assam 1

Bihar 5

Chandigarh 1

Delhi 7

Goa 2

Gujarat 8

Himachal Pradesh 1

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh 2

Karnataka 6

Kerala 8

Madhya Pradesh 4

Maharashtra 10

Manipur 3

Mizoram 1

Odisha 3

Punjab 5

Rajasthan 4

Tamil Nadu 6

Telangana 6

Uttar Pradesh 6

West Bengal 9

Frequently asked questions

Which state has the most museums on this list?
Maharashtra, with 10 of the 101. Next come West Bengal (9) and Gujarat (8).
What are the best-known museums in India?
Measured by how many language editions of Wikipedia write about them, the best known are Sabarmati Ashram, Gandhi Smriti, City Palace, Jaipur, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Patna Museum.
How did you choose these museums?
They are the museums in India that Wikidata, the free database behind Wikipedia, records with a location and articles in at least 5 Wikipedia languages. That keeps the list to places people actually look up. We checked the data on 19 Oct 2026.

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia, checked 19 Oct 2026. Spotted a mistake? Email namaste@india-4u.com.

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