List of Museums in India

This is a list of museums in India by state.

= Objectives of initiative =

Context
Museums are important institutions for the GLAM initiatives. There is no complete and reliable list Museums across the country.

Museums can come under various jurisdictions:


 * Archaeological survey of India
 * Central ministries - Culture, Rail, etc
 * State archaeology departments
 * Run by public sectors
 * Private ownership
 * Run by Trusts or NGOs

Museums can cover various themes:


 * Heritage
 * Archaeological
 * Art and Crafts
 * Folk forms/culture
 * Science
 * and more...

What needs to be done?
Catalog and compile a reliable list of Museums for each of the states and UTs in the country. This will need to done by reviewing various sources online, state and central departments.

Subsequently a subset of these will be chosen for specific initiatives.

Call for volunteers
We are calling for volunteers to assist with this compilation. We need one volunteer for each of the states.

Please volunteer here:


 * 1) Karnataka - Arunram
 * 2)  -
 * 3) Maharashtra - Nikita

= Museums =

Museums in Karnataka
GLAM task force volunteer: Arunram

Museums in New Delhi
GLAM task force volunteer:

Starter list for New Delhi

 * Air Force Museum
 * National Museum of Natural History
 * Archaeological Museum
 * National Philatelic Museum
 * National Crafts Museum
 * National Police Museum
 * Gandhi Museum
 * National Science Centre Museum
 * Gandhi Smriti Museum
 * National Rail Museum
 * Ghalib Museum & Library
 * Nehru Museum and Planetarium
 * Indian War Memorial Museum
 * Sangeet Natak Akademi
 * Indira Gandhi Memorial
 * Sanskriti Kendra Terracotta & Metal Museum
 * Malliah Memorial theater and Craft Museum
 * National Gallery of Modern Art
 * Tibet House Museum
 * Shankar's International Dolls Museum
 * National Children's Museum

Museums in Maharashtra
GLAM task force volunteer:


 * Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Palace, Kolhapur
 * Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum, near Kolhapur
 * Numismatic Museum, Nasik
 * Shree Bhavani Museum,Aundh,Satara.

Start list for Mumbai

 * Bhau Daji Lad Museum
 * Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
 * Navy Museum
 * Mahatma Gandhi Museum
 * Nehru Centre
 * National Gallery of Modern Arts
 * Bombay Natural History Society
 * Taraporewala Aquarium
 * Jahangir Art Gallery

Start list for Pune

 * Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum
 * Darshan Museum - A biographical, 3D light & sound show-based museum on the life of poet saint Sadhu Vaswani
 * Arthropods Museum
 * Tribal Museum

Museums in Andhra Pradesh
GLAM task force volunteer:

Starter list for Hyderabad

 * Salarjung Museum
 * AP State Archaeology Museum
 * Birla Science Museum
 * Nizam's Museum

Museums in Assam
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 * 1.
 * State Museum]
 * Archaeological
 * 1886
 * Gauhati.
 * 1886
 * Gauhati.

= Museums to be tabulated =

Ahmedabad

 * Calico Museum of Textiles

Chennai

 * Government Museum


 * Regional Railway Museum

Karur

 * Karur

Madurai

 * Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai

Ootacamund

 * Wax World - Wax Museum & Art Gallery, a collection of life-size look-alike wax statues that speak of Indian history, heritage and culture.official site

Cuddalore

 * Cuddalore Central Museum, collection of ancient coinage and currency, preserved extinct animals (stuffed), minerals, rocks, ancient armours and weaponry. Museum of natural history, geology and human history and culture. Ancient sculptures and inscriptions are present.

Tiruchirapalli

 * Tiruchirapalli

Aligarh

 * Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences
 * Hakim Fazlur Rahman Museum on Arts, Culture and Orientalism

Chandigarh

 * Government Museum and Art Gallery

Dharamsala

 * Library of Tibetan Works and Archives

Kanpur

 * Kanpur Sangrahalaya
 * Kamla Retreat
 * Rail Meuseum (Planned)

Kolkata

 * Indian Museum

Mathura

 * Mathura Museum

Old Goa

 * Wax World - Wax Museum & Art Gallery, a collection of Life-size look-alike wax statues that speak of Indian history, heritage and culture.