Museums in Karnataka

250 museums across Karnataka, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

Mysuru Palace · museum · Mysuru · Very popular · Must-see
Bengaluru Palace · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Very popular · Must-see
Gowri’s Sand Museum Mysore · museum · Mysuru · Very popular · Must-see
HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Very popular · Must-see
Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Must-see
Tipu Sultan Summer Palace · museum · Mandya · Very popular · Must-see
Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated · Must-see
Melody World Wax Museum · museum · Mysuru · Well liked · Must-see
Mysuru Railway Museum · museum · Mysuru · Highly rated · Must-see
Payana Car Museum · museum · Mysuru · Highly rated · Must-see
Eyelusion Bangalore · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated · Must-see
Thermo Sand Museum · museum · Mysuru · Highly rated · Must-see
Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated · Must-see
Jaganmohana Palace Art Gallery & Auditorium · museum · Mysuru · Well liked
Queen's Bathhouse · museum · Vijayanagara · Well liked
INS Chapal (K94) Warship & Aircraft Museum · museum · Uttara Kannada · Well liked
Hampi Archeological Museum (Kamalapura) · museum · Vijayanagara · Highly rated
Tipu Sultan Fort · museum · Mandya · Well liked
Manipal Museum of Anatomy & Pathology · museum · Udupi · Highly rated
Guinness World Record Sea Shell Art Museum · museum · Mysuru · Highly rated
Manjusha Museum · museum · Dakshina Kannada · Highly rated
Hasta Shilpa Heritage Village Museum · museum · Udupi · Highly rated
Government Museum · museum · Kodagu
Model Village · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
Coffee Yathra Museum · museum · Chikkamagaluru
tem (Toyota Experiential Museum) · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
General Thimmaiah Memorial Madikeri · museum · Kodagu · Highly rated
National Gallery of Modern Art (Bengaluru) · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Well liked
Museum and Cultural Hall · museum · Bagalkot · Well liked
Regional Museum of Natural History Mysuru · museum · Mysuru · Well liked
HMT Heritage Centre & Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
CURIOUSCITY Science Center · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
Mysore Palace Museum · museum · Mysuru · Highly rated
Gol Gumbaz Archaeological Museum Bijapur · museum · Vijayapura · Highly rated
Dr. Vishnuvardhan smaraka · museum · Mysuru · Highly rated
NIMHANS Brain Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
Railway Museum · museum · Dharwad · Well liked
Richard's wonder world · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
ParSEC Jayanagar - Param Science Experience Centre · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Well liked
Kaladham · museum · Ballari · Highly rated
The Vintage Cars Museum - Coorg · museum · Kodagu
Pilikula Regional Science Centre · museum · Dakshina Kannada · Highly rated
Dharwad Regional Science Center · museum · Dharwad · Well liked
District Science Centre Gulbarga · museum · Kalaburagi · Well liked
Malgudi Museum · museum · Shivamogga · Highly rated
Sangolli Rayanna Rock Garden · museum · Belagavi · Highly rated
Shivappa Nayaka Palace Museum · museum · Shivamogga · Well liked
Bendre Bhavan · museum · Dharwad · Highly rated
House of Bharatha Rathna Sir. M Visvesvaraya · museum · Chikkaballapura · Highly rated
Dr H N Science Center · museum · Chikkaballapura · Highly rated
Science Gallery Bengaluru · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
Srimanthi Bai Memorial Government Museum · museum · Dakshina Kannada · Well liked
Aloyseum (St. Aloysius Museum) · museum · Dakshina Kannada · Highly rated
Aihole Museum · museum · Bagalkot · Highly rated
Archaeological Museum · museum · Bagalkot · Well liked
OPJ Museum Park · museum · Ballari · Well liked
Lakkundi Heritage Museum · museum · Gadag · Highly rated
Malkhed Fort · museum · Kalaburagi
Indian Military Memorial · museum · Bengaluru Urban · Highly rated
O.P. Jindal Museum · museum · Ballari · Well liked
Amulya Shodha Museum || Kallihaalu || Shivamogga · museum · Shivamogga · Highly rated
Dodda Hunase Mara, Savanuru · museum · Haveri · Well liked
Swami Vivekananda Memorial · museum · Belagavi · Highly rated
Sub Regional Science Centre · museum · Uttara Kannada · Highly rated
Omtara Kuteera (aka Omthara Kala Kuteera) · museum · Ramanagara · Highly rated
Keladi Museum and Historical Research Centre · museum · Shivamogga · Well liked
Car Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban
Aloka Palace · museum · Mysuru · Well liked
Rani Abbakka Tulu Adhyayana Kendra · museum · Dakshina Kannada · Well liked
Chachadi fort · museum · Belagavi · Well liked
ಹಲ್ಮಿಡಿ ಶಾಸನದ ಸ್ಥಳ. · museum · Hassan · Well liked
MS Science & Technology Park · museum · Haveri · Well liked
Archeological Museum · museum · Vijayanagara
Robert Bruce Foote Sangankallu Archaeological Museum · museum · Ballari
Kuvempu Birth Place · museum · Chikkamagaluru
University Folklore Museum · museum · Mysuru
Government Museum Gulbarga · museum · Kalaburagi
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalya · museum · Mysuru
Ballari Sub Regional Science Center || Ballari · museum · Ballari
Bangalore Palace Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban
Barishpur - The Garden of Statues · museum · Vijayapura
Archaeological Museum (Halebeedu) · museum · Hassan · Well liked
Hazrat Dada Hayath Mir Khalandar Dargha Basavapatan · museum · Davanagere
Asha Kiran Planetarium · museum · Belagavi
Doddahasala · museum · Kolar
Kalladka Museum · museum · Dakshina Kannada
Ramaneeya Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban
Kitturu Historical Museum · museum · Belagavi
Bidar Fort Museum · museum · Bidar
Antur Bentur · museum · Gadag
India's Biggest Spiritual Museum Brahamakumaris · museum · Dharwad
Ancient Hoysala Shri Thripuranthakeshwara Temple || Balligavi · museum · Shivamogga
MZ Dream Farm · museum · Tumakuru
Nisarga Dhama Nature Camp · museum · Vijayanagara
Mallikarjun Mansur Memorial Museum · museum · Dharwad
Smriti Bhavan Museum · museum · Udupi
Sandalwood Museum · museum · Mysuru
Adhyathimika Museum · museum · Mysuru
Museum Balligavi · museum · Shivamogga
Vishwam Museum · museum · Mysuru
Karnataka raajya Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban
Museum · museum · Bidar
Euphoria Coorg - Wax Museum · museum · Kodagu
Hirebenekal Megalithic Morera Gudda Entrance · museum · Koppal
Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna's Land of Valor · museum · Belagavi
Taylor manzil (Taylor's banglow) · museum · Yadgir
Zoo museum, Tyavarekoppa Lion and Tiger Safari · museum · Shivamogga
Gundenatti Shri Basaveshwara Statue · museum · Belagavi
Kudal Sangam Museum · museum · Bagalkot
Herbarium And Botanic Museum · museum · Dakshina Kannada
Kasim Kanasavi Art Gallery · museum · Bagalkot
State Archaeological Museum · museum · Chitradurga
Lalita art gallery gokarna · museum · Uttara Kannada
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Museum · museum · Chikkaballapura
Bannerghatta Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban
World Coffee Museum, Coorg · museum · Kodagu
Maddur Kere · museum · Mandya
Plants and Animals Museum · museum · Dharwad
Chendur Kempamma Temple · museum · Tumakuru
Eid Gah Ainoli · museum · Kalaburagi
Nanjangud Palace · museum · Mysuru
Goravanahally boys · museum · Mandya
Major General S.L.Bhatia Museum · museum · Bengaluru Urban
Sahadev More Gunner Statue · museum · Vijayapura
Manjusha Museum · museum · Mandya
Lachyan Siddaling Maharaja's Mahadwara · museum · Vijayapura
Interpretation Center - Daroji Bear Sanctuary · museum · Vijayanagara
ವೀರಭೂಮಿ VEERA BHOOMI · museum · Belagavi
Basava Sharana Art Gallery · museum · Bagalkot
Muragha museum · museum · Chitradurga
Boudh Vihar Warwatti (B) · museum · Bidar
Architectural Remains of Nagareshwara Temple Complex · museum · Hassan
Gandhi Bhavana || Davanagere · museum · Davanagere
Ijeri Fort · museum · Kalaburagi
Amar Jawan Statue · museum · Bengaluru Urban
Aditi Art Gallery · museum · Udupi
Sri Maharshi Valmiki Museum · museum · Chitradurga
Shri Gayathri Shilpakala Kendra Sangapur · museum · Raichur
Mahatma Gandhi Museum (Canara Museum) · museum · Dakshina Kannada
Megaliths of Karnataka - Rajanakoloor · museum · Yadgir
Srusti Shilpa Loka #1111 · museum · Ramanagara
Sub Regional Science Centre Bagalkot · museum · Bagalkot
Aquarium Museum · museum · Hassan
Sub Regional Science Centre || Davanagere · museum · Davanagere
Main Fort I99n Shorapur · museum · Yadgir
Diwan purnayya govt. Museum · museum · Chamarajanagar
Dr BR Ambedkar Statue · museum · Kalaburagi
Moryara Hill Rocks · museum · Koppal
Brand Banavasi · museum · Uttara Kannada
Geological Museum. Chitradurga · museum · Chitradurga