Museums in Uttar Pradesh
23 places in Uttar Pradesh under museums. Collections worth going out of your way for.
Explore with dates- Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsSir Syed's 1875 college, now a university campus of gates, halls and a very large library.
- Allahabad MuseumPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsA national museum with Azad's pistol and the best Kaushambi terracottas anywhere. Shut Mondays.
- Anand BhavanPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe Nehru family home, kept as it was, with Swaraj Bhavan and a planetarium beside it. Shut Mondays.
- BHU & Bharat Kala BhavanVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsA vast green campus, a first-rate miniature painting museum (closed Sundays) and a temple open to all.
- Chandrashekhar Azad ParkPrayagraj, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 133 acre park where Chandrashekhar Azad fell in 1931, with the museum and library inside.
- Deogarh Jain TemplesLalitpur, Uttar Pradesh · Temples & ShrinesThirty-one Jain temples inside a hill fort above the Betwa, with two thousand loose sculptures.
- Gita Press and Leela Chitra MandirGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsIndia's biggest publisher of Hindu texts, with the Gita carved on its walls.
- Government Museum JhansiJhansi, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsChandela sculpture and an 1857 gallery. A quiet primer before the fort; shut Mondays.
- Government Museum, MathuraMathura, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe largest collection of Mathura-school sculpture, Kushan kings included. Closed Mondays.
- Hussainabad Clock Tower and Picture GalleryLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1881 clock tower and the gallery of Nawab portraits across the tank.
- Kannauj Archaeological MuseumKannauj, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe one room where Harsha's Kannauj survives: terracottas and sculpture from the mounds.
- Kapilvastu MuseumSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsA small museum that explains the Piprahwa digs. Closed Mondays.
- Kushinagar Buddha MuseumKushinagar, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsKushinagar's excavation finds under one roof. Closed Mondays.
- Lucknow Zoo and State MuseumLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe 1921 city zoo, with the State Museum and its Egyptian mummy inside the same gate.
- Phool Bagh and Kanpur SangrahalayaKanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageKanpur's central park with the city museum and its 1857 relics in the old memorial hall.
- Ramnagar FortVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · FortsThe Kashi Naresh's riverside fort, a museum of royal odds and ends, and a month-long Ramlila.
- Rani MahalJhansi, Uttar Pradesh · Palaces & HavelisRani Lakshmibai's town palace, now an ASI sculpture gallery with a painted durbar hall.
- Raza LibraryRampur, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsThe Nawabs' library in a palace: 17,000 manuscripts and a Durbar Hall to match.
- Sarnath Archaeological MuseumVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsHome of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, the national emblem. Small, superb, closed on Fridays.
- Shaheed UdyanShahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe park that remembers the three Kakori martyrs Shahjahanpur gave to 1927.
- Shahid Smarak MeerutMeerut, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe 1857 memorial column and museum that tell the Meerut story in order.
- Taramandal Planetarium and Railway MuseumGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · MuseumsGorakhpur's planetarium and rail museum, for kids and hot afternoons. Closed Mondays.
- The ResidencyLucknow, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageRuins of the 1857 siege, left exactly as they stood. The quietest lawns in Lucknow.
All places in Uttar Pradesh · Museums across India
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