NITN | @notintownlive | 28 Oct 2026, 01:28 pm
Bihar Museum
A group of tourists visiting Bihar Museum. Photo: Bihar Museum/Facebook
Bihar Museum has secured a place among the world’s top 10 museums, ranking ahead of Paris’ Louvre and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on the 2026 World’s 100 Best Museums list compiled by Germany-based independent travel guide Worth a Journey.
The museum, located in Patna, ranked ninth on the list, placing it one position ahead of the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Spread across more than 13 acres, Bihar Museum showcases the state’s rich cultural heritage through a modern, state-of-the-art facility.
Inaugurated in 2015 in the Bihar capital, the museum attracts visitors from across India and abroad. Its extensive collection features historical artefacts spanning the region’s early civilisations through 1764.
The museum also houses a dedicated Children’s Gallery and a souvenir shop, offering visitors an opportunity to explore Bihar’s heritage and take home a memento of their visit.
Worth a Journey said its 2026 rankings were drawn from an analysis of more than one million venues to compile 36 lists of the world’s 100 best places.
“We have one mission: find the places that are truly worth a journey,” editor-in-chief Jakob Schwichtenberg said in a statement.
“The world has enough popularity contests and enough lists only critics appreciate. We rank the places that amaze the people who actually go,” he added.
Mexico City’s Museo Nacional de Antropología topped the global ranking.
When can you visit Bihar Museum?
Bihar Museum remains open from Tuesday to Sunday and is closed on Mondays.
Museum galleries: 10 am to 5 pm
Children’s Gallery, Children’s Café, museum shop and library: 10 am to 7 pm
Adult entry ticket: Rs 100
Students and children: Discounted tickets available
Visitors are advised to check the museum’s official website for the latest ticket prices and visiting information before planning their trip.
- Bihar Museum ranks among world's top 10, ahead of Louvre and New York's Met
- Sikkim Adventure Tourism Fest to bring 20-plus activities across six districts this November
- Europe ends Schengen passport stamps, switches to digital border records
- Kayaking, canoeing and water taxis bring new experiences to Kerala’s historic Muziris region
- Emirates expands in Japan with new Travel Store in Tokyo and additional Narita flights
- IndiGo passengers get a surprise at 30,000 feet: Here's what they were asked to do
- Riyadh Airport shut until October 17 after deadly Houthi attacks
- Navi Mumbai Airport’s aviation push: TajSATS facility ready to handle rising passenger demand
- Malaysia stays visa-free for Indians through 2026, but entry rules still apply
- Singapore introduces tougher penalties for disruptive behaviour on public transport
Indian airline Air India has unveiled a new collection of amenity kits and loungewear for guests travelling on its international flights.
Emirates will introduce its Airbus A350 aircraft on its daily Dubai–Mauritius route from November 1, 2026, replacing the Boeing 777 currently operating the service. The new aircraft will operate flights EK709 and EK710 between Dubai and Mauritius, the airline said.
Lufthansa has launched a new nonstop service between Kuala Lumpur and Frankfurt, with the first flight operating on October 26. The route connects Malaysia’s capital with Frankfurt, one of Europe’s major aviation hubs.