Bihar Museum ranked ninth on global list
Culture · First reported 29 Oct, 22:30 · Updated 23:19
A travel publication’s 2026 ranking placed Bihar Museum ninth among the world’s 100 best museums and first in Asia. The report says the Patna museum was the only Indian institution in the top 100; another article’s headline also says it ranked ahead of the Met and the Louvre.
- Worth a Journey ranked Bihar Museum ninth in its 2026 list of the world’s 100 best museums, and first in Asia.
- The Times of India report says Bihar Museum was the only Indian museum in the top 100 and ranked ahead of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre.
- The ranking used visitor reviews, data analytics and on-site expert evaluations, according to the report.
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- No. 9 in the 2026 list; No. 1 in Asia.
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- Worth a Journey, a Munich-based travel publication.
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- Visitor reviews, data analytics and on-site expert evaluations.
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- Patna.
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- Bihar Museum beats Met, Louvre on global top 10 list30 Oct, 11:54
- Bihar Museum in world top 10, ahead of Met, Louvre29 Oct, 22:30
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