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

• India portal

• List of museums in India
• International Museum Day

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.