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Storehouses Of India's Heritage
India is a land with a history and culture that goes back over 5000 years.
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Delhi
National Museum
The National Museum is one of India's most prestigious institutions...
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Mumbai
Bombay Natural History Society
This private institution was established in 1883...
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Calcutta
Indian Museum
The Indian Museum is India's first and oldest museum.
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Chennai
Government State Museum
The Government State Museum in Chennai is best known for two important collections: sculptures....
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Jaipur
Central Museum (Albert Hall)
Situated in the midst of Ramnivas Gardens, it is an imposing stone structure executed in the Indo-Persian style of architecture.
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Lucknow
State Museum
A multipurpose museum with sculptures, bronzes, paintings, natural history and anthropological specimens, coins, textiles and decorative arts.
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Varanasi
Bharat Kala Bhava
Bharat Kala Bhavan lies within the sprawling grounds of Banaras Hindu University.
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Sarnath
Archaeological Museum
Sarnath, where the Buddha delivered his first sermon more than 2500 years ago...
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Shimla
Himachal State Museum
The Himachal State Museum displays sculptures, paintings, decorative arts....
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Srinagar
Sri Pratap Singh Museum
Sri Pratap Singh Museum was once the summer palace of the Kashmir maharajas.
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Bhopal
Central Museum
The Central Museum at Bhopal was established in 1949.
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Gwalior
H H Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum
Situated in the Jai Vilas Palace, the Scindia Museum has a variety of objects ranging from sculptures...
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Sanchi
Archaeological Museum
Like most site museums in India, this one also owes its genesis to an English General accidentally stumbling upon some ancient ruins around 1818.
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Khajuraho
Archaeological Museum
Khajuraho, once capital of the Chandela dynasty, is today known for its magnificent temples.
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Patna
State Museum
The State Museum, established in 1917, has an excellent collection of stone and terracotta sculptures especially from the Mauryan Period.
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Gaya
Gaya Museum
Gaya, 206 km from Patna, is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site.
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Nalanda
Archaeological Museum
Ninety kilometres south of Patna lies Nalanda, the historic Buddhist University.
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Ahmedabad
Calico Museum Of Textiles
Established in 1948, the Calico Museum of Textiles is undoubtedly one of India's leading museums for textiles.
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Bhubaneswar
Orissa State Museum
The galleries cover archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, armoury, mining and geology.
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Konark
Archaeological Museum
The site museum was established at Konark in 1968.
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Bangalore
Karnataka Government Museum And Venkatappa Art Gallery Established in 1865.
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Srirangapatnam
Tipu Sultan Museum
Tipu Sultan Museum lies within the portals of the Dariya Daulat (splendor of sea), once his summer palace and later appropriated Arthur Wellesley.
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Hyderabad
Salarjung Museum
The SalarJung Museum houses the private collections of SalarJung, the Nizam of Hyderabad's prime minister.
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Thiruvananthapuram
Government Museum
Founded in 1857, the museum is located within a spacious park and zoological garden.
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Pondicherry
Pondicherry Museum
This multipurpose museum houses sculptures from Pallava, Chola temples.
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Thanjavur
Thanjavur Art Gallery
The former palace of the Nayaks of Thanjavur, once viceroys of the Vijayanagara rulers and later hereditary rulers,
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Madurai
Government Museum
The various sections in the museum deal with archaeology, anthropology, zoology,
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Imphal
Manipur State Museum
Manipur State Museum established in 1969,
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Shillong
Tribal Research Institute
The displayed exhibits include the colourful textiles, especially the shawls and garments worn by the local people.
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Aizawl
Mizoram State Museum
On view are historical relics, ancient costumes and headgears s well as contemporary textiles.
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Guwahati
Assam State Museum
Assam State Museum in Guwahati is a rich repository an antiquities that highlight the diversity of the state's cultural traditions.
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Kohima
State Museum
The State Museum at Kohima is purely ethnographic in nature.
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Government Of India Tourist Offices
In India:
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) 191, The Mall, Agra 282 001 Tel/Fax: (0562) 363377
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