List of museums in Bihar

This list of museums in Bihar is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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State Government Museums

This is a list of museums owned by State Government:[1]

Name City Established Type Owner Summary
Patna Museum Patna 1917 Archaeological Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth oldest
Chandradhari Museum Darbhanga 1957 Art - private collection of Sri Chandradhari Singh, a Zamindar of Madhubani
Gaya Museum Gaya 1970 Art Directorate of Archaeology & Museums
Naradah Museum Nawada 1974 Art Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth
Maharaja Lakshmishwar Singh Museum Darbhanga 1979
Bhagalpur Museum Bhagalpur 1979
Chandra Shekhar Singh Museum Jamui 1983
Biharsharif Museum Biharsharif 1979
Sita Ram Upadhyay Museum Buxar 1979
Ram Chandra Shahi Museum Muzaffarpur 1979
Begusarai Museum Begusarai 1981
Munger Museum Munger 1980
lakhisarai Museum Lakhisarai 2023
Chapra Museum Chhapra
Jana-Nayak Karpoori Tahkur Smriti Sangrahalay Patna 1990
Babu Kunwar Singh Smriti Sangrahalay Bhojpur 1972
Deep Narayan Singh Museum Hajipur 1979 Directorate of Archaeology and museum
Mithila Lalit Sangrahalaya Saurath (Madhubani)
Gandhi Smriti Sangrahalaya Bhitiharwa (West Champaran)
Suraj Narayan Singh Museum Patna
Baba Karu Khirhar Pramandaliya Museum Saharsa
Small Scale Industrial Museum Patna
Bihar Police Museum Patna
Bihar Museum[2] Patna 2015

Central Government Museums

This is a list of museums owned by Central Government:[3]

Name City Established Type Owner Summary
Archaeological Museum, Nalanda Nalanda 1917
Archaeological Museum, Bodh Gaya Bodh Gaya 1956
Archaeological Museum, Vaishali 1971
Archaeological Museum, Vikramshila Kahalgaon (Bhagalpur district) 2004
Jamalpur Railway Heritage Museum, Jamalpur Jamalpur,Munger 2018 Eastern Railway
Srikrishna Science Centre Patna 1978

University Museums

This is a list of museums owned by Universities/Semi-Govt. Organisations:[4]

Name Institution City Established Type Summary
KP Jaiswal archaeology museum GD College Begusarai 1947, shifted in new building 27 March 2000
P.G. Departmental Museum Patna University Patna 1960-61
P.G. Department Museum Magadh University Bodh Gaya 1971
State Art Gallery College of Arts & Crafts Patna 1951
Folk Art Museum Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir Patna 1963

Non-Govt. Organizations Museums

This is a list of museums owned by Non-Govt. Organizations (Trust, Society, etc.):[5]

Name City Established Type Owner Summary
Gandhi Sangrahalaya Patna 1967
Rajendra Smriti Sangrahalaya Patna 1963
Art-Gallery of Jaina Siddhanta Bhawan Arrah

Private Museums

This is a list of museums run by private individuals:[6]

Name City Established Type Owner Summary
Jalan Museum, Qila House Patna City 1954
Kumar Sangrahalay Samastipur 1956

See also

References

  1. ^ "Directorate of Museum". Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ^ A. Srivathsan (6 June 2013). "Coming soon, a Rs. 400-cr. facelift for Patna Museum". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Directorate of Museum". Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Directorate of Museum". Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Directorate of Museum". Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Directorate of Museum". Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. Retrieved 5 June 2014.