1. Indian Museum (Kolkata)

The museum is in Calcutta.It is the India's largest museum in India,it takes 3 days to see the entire museum.Best to visit on December to February. With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the Museum movement started rolling in India and through the years from then, got a new fillip and great momentum. Since then, it has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country.

Location : 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700016

2. Bharat Kala Bhavan (Varanasi)

The nucleus of Bharat Kala Bhavan evolved in January 1920. Its first Hony. Chairman (for life) was poet Rabindranath Tagore and its Hony. Vice-Chairman was poet’s nephew Silpacharya Abanindranth Tagore. But in reality the credit for the origin and subsequent development of this internationally famous museum goes to Padmavibhushan Late Rai Krishnadasa.

Location : Semi Circle Road Number 3, Kabir Colony, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005

3. Prince of Wales Museum (Mumbai)

The Prince of Wales Museum, now commonly known as 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya', was established during the early 20th century. This museum is considered as a heritage structure in Mumbai because of its admirable architecture. The Prince of Wales Museum is one of the most significant museums in India. The museum showcases several collections of ancient artworks, sculptures and artifacts in its galleries.

Location : 159/61, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400032

4. H H Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum (Gwalior)

H.H.Maharaja Sir Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum offers to the public a unique view of the palace created in the 19th and 20th Century and focuses on various arts and crafts that grew and reached their zenith under the patronage of the royal family. The museum aims to provide a viable space for expansion of knowledge through research and sharing.

5. State Museum Of Tripura (Tripura)

Triprua Government Museum is important to the tourists, students, general public and research scholars to know about the History & Culture of past and present people of the State. Most of the sculptures acquired and displayed so far are from Udaipur, Pilak, Jolaibari and other sites of Triprua. Out of them, the sculptures from Pilak are the exquisite collections, depicting mixed culture of both Hindu and Buddhist pantheon.

6. Albert Hall (Jaipur)

When the foundation stone of Albert Hall was laid during the visit of the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward to Jaipur in 1876 it had yet to be determined what use it would be put to. There were some suggestions about cultural or educational use or as a town hall.

Location : Ramniwas Bag, Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302004

7. Hawa Mahal Museum (Jaipur)

Hawa Mahal is the most famous building in Jaipur which is a part of City Palace complex. It was built for the ladies of the Harem by Sawai Pratap Singh and is a five storey frontage standing on a high podium with an entrance from the West. Hawa Mahal is intricately carved and bordered with white motives. Motifs and carvings designed on the walls of the Hawa Mahal are proof of the efforts, dedication and skillfulness of the artists of that period. Near Hawa Mahal, you have Hawa Mahal Museum.

8. Nehru Memorial Museum (New Delhi)

The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) established in the memory of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964) is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Located in the majestic Teen Murti House,the official residence of the first Prime Minister of India, it has four major constituents namely, a Memorial Museum, a Library on modern India, a Centre for Contemporary.

9. Central Museum (Bhopal)

The Central Museum at Bhopal was recognized in 1949. On sight are paintings, coins, porcelain object, metal and ivory toys and artefact, woodcarvings and a number of miscellaneous items like needle-works and local handicrafts.

10. Tipu Sultan Museum (Mysore)

The Daria Daulat Bagh, which is an ancient monument of national importance, houses the museum. The museum exhibits confined to the ground floor of the palace and mostly pertaining to Tipu Sultan, consists of oil paintings, pencil sketches, aquatints and engravings, coins and medals, costumes, furniture, arms, etc.

Location : Allbert Victor Road, Chamrajpet, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560018

11. Jaigarh Fort Museum (Rajasthani)

The Jaigarh Fort is a majestic stronghold built by Sawan Jai Singh II. This almost-intact fort is surrounded by huge battlements and is connected to the Amer Fort (also called 'Amber' Fort), with subterranean passages. Originally built to protect the Amer Fort and the palace within the complex, the Jaigarh Fort is architecturally similar to the Amer Fort, and offers a panoramic view of the city of Jaipur. The fort houses the world's largest cannon on wheels, a majestic palace complex and the assembly hall of the warriors known as 'Shubhat Niwas' along with a museum and an armory.

12. Karnataka Government Museum (Karnataka)

Government Museum (Bangalore) established in 1865 by the Mysore State with the guidance of Surgeon Edward Balfour who founded the museum in Madras and supported by the Chief Commissioner of Mysore, L.B. Bowring is one of the oldest museums in India and the second oldest museum in South India.

13. Stok Palace Museum (Leh)

Stok Palace Museum is situated within the Stok Palace, which is essentially the home of the royal family of Ladakh. Visitors can see several royal artefacts, royal crowns, copper coins, precious stones, jewellery, heirlooms, prayer instruments and Thangkas dating back to the 16th century at the museum. Thangkas are known to depict the teachings and life of Lord Buddha.

14. Salar Jung Museum (Hyderabad)

The Salar Jung Museum of Hyderabad is a repository of the artistic achievements of diverse European, Asian and Far Eastern countries of the world. The major portion of this collection was acquired by Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan popularly known as Salar Jung III. The zeal for acquiring art objects continued as a family tradition for three generations of Salar Jungs. In 1914, Salar Jung III, after having relinquished the post of Prime Minister to H.E.H.

Location : 22-8-299-320,Salar Jung Road, Darulshifa,, Hyderabad, Telangana 500002

15. Maharaja Sawai Museum (Jaipur)

The Kachchwaha rulers of Amber-Jaipur trace their descent from Kush, the son of Ram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Ram was the universal monarch, but he divided his entire empire into eight parts amongst his sons and nephews. The offshoots of his second son Kush moved their strongholds from eastern to central India and finally sometime in the11th century Prince Dulha Rai left his patrimony of Narwar for Dausa in Eastern Rajasthan.

16. National Archives Museum (New Delhi)

The National Archives of India is the repository of the non-current records of the Government of India and is holding them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. It is an Attached Office of the Ministry of Culture. It was set up in March 1891 in Calcutta (Kolkata) as the Imperial Record Department and subsequent to the transfer of the National Capital from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911 it was shifted to its present building in 1926.

17. National Museum (New Delhi)

The National Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

18. Thanjavur Art Gallery (Thanjavur)

Thanjavur Art Gallery, also known as Tanjore Art Gallery, is sited in Thanjavur or Tanjore in Tamil Nadu. The gallery was built in the beautiful Thanjavur Royal Palace of the Nayaks built in 1600 A.D.

19. Himachal State Museum (Himachal Pradesh)

The State Museum Shimla is housed in an old Victorian mansion carefully altered to adapt it to the museum. Perched on a lonely hilltop known as ‘Inveram’ the serenity and the quietude of the distant mountains from here is striking. Previously, the building remained a private residence of Lord William Beresford, the Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Lord William Bentick. When he left India, the building was occupied by Sir Edwin Collan and thereafter by Sir Edward Law, the Finance member of the Council. Later, it continued to serve as residence of Indian government officials.

Location : State Museum, Chaura Maidan Rd, Chaura Maidan, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171004

20. Sri Pratap Singh Museum (Srinagar)

The museums of Kashmir showcase the rich historical past of the valley. The main museum of Kashmir is the Sri Pratap Singh Museum. Once the summer palace of the Maharajas of Kashmir, it was later converted into a museum in the year 1898. A major portion of the museum collection, at that point of time, consisted of objects from the Jammu and Kashmir toshkhana. The toshkhana collection of this museum of Kashmir, India includes shawls, paintings, arms and armory, silver images, copper and jade ornaments, copper and brass utensils and Ladkhi handicrafts.