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The Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum in New Delhi’s North and South Blocks is being pitched as a landmark Central Vista project showcasing India’s civilisational history, but it has also sparked sharp debate over its curation and historical framing
The ambitious project aims to position Sindhudurg among the world’s leading underwater tourism destinations
From famous artworks to dinosaur fossils, here are eight museums that offer a fascinating look into history, culture, science, and some of the world’s greatest treasures.
From the Louvre in Paris to New York’s MoMA, these museums and galleries command some of the highest ticket prices, offering world-class collections, blockbuster exhibitions and immersive cultural experiences worth the splurge
UNESCO’s virtual museum brings together stolen artefacts from across the world, blending technology with efforts to restore them
Reclaiming memory through architecture, this project restores Jasuli Buri Shaukyani’s historic dharamshala in Bhowali and reimagines it as a community museum that preserves the living heritage of the Rung people
The Samrat Samprati Museum, opening on March 31 at Koba Tirth, Gandhinagar, showcases 2,000 years of Jain heritage through rare artefacts, manuscripts, and immersive galleries, honouring the Mauryan emperor and Jain philosophy
From Mughal ateliers to modern museums, rare Persian Ramayana manuscripts from Rampur Raza Library are set to travel to Ayodhya, carrying stories of translation, art, and a shared civilisational memory
The Bursa Manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut, one of only five known copies of the text, has gone on display at a museum in Bursa and is expected to receive UNESCO recognition for intangible cultural heritage soon
The Ashmolean Museum has returned a 16th-century bronze idol to India, allowing it to go back to the Shri Soundararaja Perumal Temple, decades after being removed
Hyderabad has a new destination for families and thrill-seekers: the globally acclaimed Paradox Museum. Featuring over 50 immersive optical illusions, the museum offers mind-bending experiences, interactive exhibits, and plenty of photo opportunities
The emirate strengthens its cultural tourism ambitions with a landmark institution at Saadiyat Cultural District
India offers children immersive learning through travel. From ancient forts and museums to high-altitude deserts and wildlife reserves, young explorers can engage with history, science, culture, and nature on every journey
Across the world and in India, museums opening in 2026 reflect how culture, architecture, and travel now intersect
From India’s only Boat Museum to Tagore’s ancestral home and rare folk art collections, these unique museums reveal Kolkata’s layered history, river culture and intellectual legacy
The Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum will soon transform Delhi's tourism landscape into a major cultural landmark, showcasing 5,000 years of Indian civilisational history
Discover Maharashtra’s lesser-known museums and archives that preserve extraordinary collections of coins, manuscripts, children’s innovations and royal memories, along with their locations, timings, ticket details and how best to reach each one
A new exhibition at Patna Museum brings the 19th-century Patna Qalaam school back into public view, showcasing rare works that once documented everyday life, festivals and rituals before photography arrived
From East India Company relics to missing masterpieces, the Bristol theft recalls the world’s biggest museum heists
The museum in Nava Raipur celebrates the state’s tribal heritage through 14 galleries of art, traditional artefacts, and AI-powered digital storytelling, highlighting uprisings, cultural rituals, and freedom fighters like Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh
Assam is set to sign a landmark MoU with the British Museum to bring back the 16th-century Vrindavani Vastra on loan for public display in 2027, marking a significant cultural homecoming for the state’s heritage
Discover Visakhapatnam’s UH-3H Helicopter Museum, home to the retired Indian Navy helicopter Saaras. Explore its interior, learn about naval aviation, and uncover the history of humanitarian and rescue missions along India’s coastline
Nestled in Cooke Town, Bengaluru, the world’s first dedicated museum to anamorphic art redefines perception, perspective, and play—offering immersive experiences where distorted imagery resolves into surprising clarity
Berlin’s Spy Museum sits on the ghostly edge of the old “death strip,” a place where walls once divided lives and secrets. Here, the past whispers through cipher machines, hidden cameras, and the faint thrill of Cold War espionage
Housing over 100,000 artefacts and the complete Tutankhamun collection, the Grand Egyptian Museum marks a new chapter in Egypt’s cultural revival
Opening this November near the Giza Pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum will display more than 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamun’s complete collection, inside a state-of-the-art complex celebrating Egypt’s ancient heritage
In the heart of Rotterdam’s historic port, the FENIX Museum of Migration turns stories of movement and memory into art. Built on the site where millions once set sail for new lives, it reimagines migration through architecture, photography, and food
Step into Gujarat’s literary heritage at the Meghani Museum & Library, with galleries, digital displays, and a library honoring the National Poet
he Almaty Museum of Arts, designed by Chapman Taylor, has opened as Central Asia’s first private modern and contemporary art museum, offering striking architecture, world-class exhibitions, and a bold new platform for Kazakhstan’s cultural scene
Experience the Ramayana like never before at Ayodhya’s new wax museum, a stunning fusion of devotion, craftsmanship, and storytelling
More than a museum, this space honours the legacy of Melchora Aquino and generations of Filipino women who shaped the nation. Located beside the Tandang Sora Shrine, it brings women’s history to the forefront of public memory
Paris’s Centre Pompidou shuts till 2030 for a radical makeover. But its art will travel the world, from Seoul to Jersey City
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