Here we have shared a list of Madhya Pradesh museums which are managed by Archaeological Survey of India, Department of Archaeology Madhya Pradesh or other responsible authorities. These museums are located in different tourist destinations of Madhya Pradesh and are special piece of attraction among tourists visiting Central India. Here you can witness the timeline of human civilization and its chronological development. These museums are the best place to see the real hidden treasures of past human society which reflects the rulers, life style of that era. It is the visualization of what we have heard from others or read in print media.
While doing sightseeing of any heritage or excavated site, we often find museum located nearby that site to preserve the historical artifacts and also allow them to be seen by visitors. Museums acts like preservatives where priceless ancient things are preserves, showcased and described. Here in Madhya Pradesh museums, we will find most of them open from 10:00 hrs to 17:00hrs but they have exceptions also like Chanderi museum. Within this period, we have the chance to visit them. All the government museums have entrance tickets, to be purchased from ticket counter, located near entrance gate. Usually child below 05 years is exempt from tickets. while visiting them, one should follow all the rules and regulations. Usually, photography is not allowed inside museums or if required, tourists should first take permission from care takers else avoid doing photography. In many museums, written materials are also available for visitors. They may get it free or by paying nominal fee. In order to understand the historical past of any heritage tourism site, we highly recommend to visit its museums and from here we will get the core information about that site. Certain museums maintain booklets to discribe about the museum setup and contents so we may enquire about such documentary assistance. Usually guides are not available in msueum thus if we have city tour guide then use his/her service in museum to understand the things in better way.
Museums in Madhya Pradesh are scattered in all major tourist destinations like Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sanchi, Bhopal, Indore, Khajuraho , Chanderi etc. Most of the museums remain closed on one day of a week. Here in Madhya Pradesh, most the museums under Department of Archaeology, are remains closed on every Monday. But it doesn't means that it is applicable for all museums like Chanderi museum remains close of every Friday. So it is possible that closing day may vary at certain destination, as per local conditions. Otherwise, museums are open for visitors from morning to evening. These museums can be visited any time of the day but period of October to May is the best time to visit museums in Madhya Pradesh. Reason is that during this period, majority of tourists destinations receives majority of tourists thus museums will be visited during this period. Possible reasons for more tourism are numerous like occurring of many popular festivals, long government and school holidays, good climatic condition etc.
Regarding museum entrance fee, we would like to clarify that it varies from museum to museum. At the same time, we may also note that at majority of museums, entrance fee for Indian nationals is different from foreign nationals. Usually entrance fee for foreigner guests is higher than Indian nationals. Museum timing at most the destinations is from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM. At some destinations museum get opened at at 09:30 AM also and closes at 18:00 hrs but for safe side we should follow the timing of 10:00 hr to 17:00 hr. At most the destinations, ticket counters are available at entrance gate and here we can find facility of both cash payment and scan & pay system (UPI payment). For Indian nationals, both methods are very convenient but for foreign nationals, cash (INR) payment will be more convenient because at many countries, UPI payment system is not yet introduced thus they are not convenient with this mode of payment. If tourist want, they can do there entrance ticket booking in advance through government website link:
https://asi.paygov.org.in/asi-webapp/#/ticketbooking
This will be helpful for foreigner visitors who have problem in currently available payment systems. Here they need to search there museum, specify the date & time of visit, number of person, ID detail and book it in advance. This will save there time and energy.
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