List of museums in Bihar explained

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:^[1]

Name	City	Established	Type	Owner	Summary
		1917	Archaeological	Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth	oldest
		1957	Art	-	private collection of Sri Chandradhari Singh, a Zamindar of Madhubani
		1970	Art	Directorate of Archaeology & Museums
		1974	Art	Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth
		1979
		1979
		1983
		1979
		1979
		1979
		1981
		198
		1990
		1972
		1979		Directorate of Archaeology and museum
	Saurath (Madhubani)
	Bhitiharwa (West Champaran)
Bihar Museum^[2]		2015

Central Government Museums

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

Name	City	Established	Type	Owner	Summary
		1917
		1956
		1971
	Kahalgaon (Bhagalpur district)	2004
		1978

University Museums

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

Name K.P.JAISAWAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM	Institution G.D.College, Begusarai	City Begusarai	Established 1947, shifted in new building 27 March 2000	Type Organization	Summary
P.G. Departmental Museum			1960-61
P.G. Department Museum			1971
State Art Gallery			1951
Folk Art Museum			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
		1967
		1963

Private Museums

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

Name	City	Established	Type	Owner	Summary
Jalan Museum, Qila House		1954
		1956

See also

• List of museums in India
• International Museum Day

Notes and References

1. Web site: Directorate of Museum. Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar. 5 June 2014.
2. Web site: Coming soon, a Rs. 400-cr. facelift for Patna Museum . . 6 June 2013 . 9 June 2014 . A. Srivathsan.
3. Web site: Directorate of Museum . Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar . 5 June 2014.
4. Web site: Directorate of Museum . Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar . 5 June 2014.
5. Web site: Directorate of Museum . Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar . 5 June 2014.
6. Web site: Directorate of Museum . Deptt. of Art, Culture & Youth, Govt. of Bihar . 5 June 2014.