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Storehouses
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Delhi |
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India
is a land with a history and culture that goes back over
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National Museum
The National Museum is one of India's most prestigious
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Mumbai |
Calcutta |
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Bombay Natural History Society
This private institution was established in 1883...
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Indian Museum
The Indian Museum is India's first and oldest museum.
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| Chennai
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Jaipur
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Government State Museum
The Government State Museum in Chennai is best known for two
important collections: sculptures....
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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
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Varanasi
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State Museum
A multipurpose
museum with sculptures, bronzes, paintings, natural history and
anthropological specimens, coins, textiles and decorative arts.
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Bharat Kala Bhava
Bharat Kala Bhavan lies within the sprawling grounds of Banaras
Hindu University.
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| Sarnath
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Shimla
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Archaeological Museum
Sarnath, where the Buddha delivered his first sermon more
than 2500 years ago...
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Himachal State Museum
The Himachal State Museum displays sculptures, paintings, decorative
arts....
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| Srinagar
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Bhopal
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Sri Pratap Singh Museum
Sri Pratap Singh Museum was once the summer palace of the
Kashmir maharajas.
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Central Museum
The Central Museum at Bhopal was established in 1949.
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| Gwalior
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Sanchi
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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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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
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Patna
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Archaeological Museum
Khajuraho, once capital of the Chandela dynasty, is today
known for its magnificent temples.
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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
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Nalanda
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Gaya Museum
Gaya, 206 km from Patna, is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage
site.
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Archaeological Museum
Ninety kilometres south of Patna lies Nalanda, the historic Buddhist
University.
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| Ahmedabad
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Bhubaneswar
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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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Orissa State Museum
The galleries cover archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics, armoury,
mining and geology.
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| Konark
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Bangalore
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Archaeological Museum
The site museum was established at Konark in 1968.
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Karnataka Government Museum And Venkatappa Art Gallery
Established in 1865.
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| Srirangapatna
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Hyderabad
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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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Salarjung Museum
The SalarJung Museum
houses the private collections of SalarJung, the Nizam of
Hyderabad's prime minister.
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| Thiruvananthapuram
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Pondicherry
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Government Museum
Founded in 1857, the museum is located within a spacious park and
zoological garden.
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Pondicherry Museum
This multipurpose museum houses sculptures from Pallava, Chola
temples.
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| Thanjavur
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Madurai
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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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Government Museum
The various sections in the museum deal with archaeology,
anthropology, zoology,
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| Impal
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Shillong
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Manipur State Museum
Manipur State Museum established in 1969,
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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
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Guwahati
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Mizoram State Museum
On view are historical relics, ancient costumes and headgears s well
as contemporary textiles.
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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
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Government
Of India Tourist Offices
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State Museum
The State Museum at Kohima is purely ethnographic in nature.
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