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.
State Government Museums This is a list of museums owned by State Government: 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) 1975 Department of Art, Culture and Youth Development, Government of Bihar 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 Patna 2015
Central Government Museums This is a list of museums owned by Central Government: 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:
Name Institution City Established Type SummaryKP Jaiswal archaeology museumGD CollegeBegusarai1947, 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.):
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: Name City Established Type Owner Summary Jalan Museum, Qila House Patna City 1954 Kumar Sangrahalay Samastipur 1956
See also
List of museums in India International Museum Day
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