The design of Bihar Museum’s structure is huge yet minimal, which keeps visitors intrigued and engaged without overpowering in feel or content. When Jharkhand became an independent state, Bihar could ...

The story of the Didarganj Yakshi, a much-admired showstopper at the Bihar Museum, is fascinating. The sculpture carved out of polished chunar sandstone holding a flywhisk with beautifully detailed ...

“Bihar? Bihar has a museum that hosts a biennale? Who knew!” This is the most common response I hear when I speak of Bihar Museum and its pioneering work. Admittedly, Bihar has traditionally not been ...

Addressing a function on the foundation day of the Bihar Museum in its premises here, he also said his government was ready to provide more funds if the estimated budget of the proposed subway has ...

When we started building the Bihar Museum, we wanted the best from the globe, Maki and Associates from Japan was the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited Bihar Museum in Patna along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy CM Sushil Modi and Ram Vilas Paswan. The CM was seen guiding PM Modi through ...

As cultural institutions across the world confront legacies of colonialism, the idea of the Global South no longer exists as a mere geographical marker. An intellectual provocation, it is a call to ...

A first-of-its-kind biennale in Patna is not just providing a showcase platform to museums across the world, it’s also making a compelling case for Bihar’s rich heritage and history Udayraj Gadnis’s ...

Bihar's capital Patna will soon get a 1.5 km-long 'world-class heritage tunnel', as the Nitish government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 542 crore for the construction of a subway to boost tourism in the ...

There seems to be a lot happening in the world of museums these days—from rare displays and opening up of new spaces to a showcase of newer narratives, and, of course, political controversies ...