India, Dec. 8 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

S. No

Name of institutions/ Circles

Total Data

Amaravati Museum & Interpretation Center, Amaravati

55

Archaeological Mumtaz Mahal Museum, Red Fort Delhi

11856

Archaeological Museum Badami

170

Archaeological Museum Bijapur

2

Archaeological Museum Hampi

335

Archaeological Museum Lothal

1081

Archaeological Museum Tamluk

2124

Archaeological Museum Bodhgaya

81

Archaeological Museum Chandragiri

237

Archaeological Museum Cooch Behar Palace

20

Archaeological Museum Fort St. George

330

Archaeological Museum Goa

701

Archaeological Museum Gwalior Fort

1378

Archaeological Museum Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad

551

Archaeological Museum Jageshwar

14

Archaeological Museum Kalibangan

1923

Archaeological Museum Khajuraho

226

Archaeological Museum Konark

211

Archaeological Museum Kondapur

2530

Archaeological Museum Mattancherry Place

42

Archaeological Museum Nalanda

161

Archaeological Museum Red Fort Delhi

309

Archaeological Museum Sanchi

57

Archaeological Museum Sarnath

968

Archaeological Museum Shivpuri

560

Archaeological Museum Thanesar

394

Archaeological Museum Vikramshila

1357

Archaeological Period Museum Deeg Place Bharatpur

680

Archaeological Swatantrata Sangram Sanghralaya, Red Fort Delhi

22

Archaeological Survey of India, Agra Circle

413

Archaeological Survey of India, Aizawl Circle

684

Archaeological Survey of India, Amaravati Circle

217

Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad Circle

93

Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore Circle

57

Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal Circle

453

Archaeological Survey of India, Chennai Circle

679

Archaeological Survey of India, Dehradun Circle

402

Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi Circle

2783

Archaeological Survey of India, Guwahati Circle

199

Archaeological Survey of India, Hyderabad Circle

68

Archaeological Survey of India, Jabalpur Circle

691

Archaeological Survey of India, Jaipur Circle

576

Archaeological Survey of India, Jodhpur Circle

7

Archaeological Survey of India, Kolkata Circle

3128

Archaeological Survey of India, Leh Mini Circle

7

Archaeological Survey of India, Lucknow Circle

885

Archaeological Survey of India, Meerut Circle

119

Archaeological Survey of India, Patna Circle

1758

Archaeological Survey of India, Raipur Circle

312

Archaeological Survey of India, Ranchi Circle

361

Archaeological Survey of India, Srinagar Circle

95

Archaeological Survey of India, Trissur Circle

864

Archaeological Survey of India, Vadodra Circle

9

CAC(Coin) Purana Quila

48312

Central Antiquity Collection(CAC) Purana Quila

260464

Excavation Site, Dholavira

34781

Excavation Branch-I, Nagpur

1393

Excavation Branch-II Delhi

66493

Excavation Branch-III, Patna

407

Excavation Branch-IV, Bhubaneswar

675

Prehistory Branch, Nagpur

5

Total

455764

S. No

Name of institutions/ Circles

Total Data

Allahabad Museum, Allahabad

12622

Anglo-Sikh War Memorial Museum, Firozeshah

177

Archaeological Museum

530

Archaeological Museum A.P.

2331

Archaeological Museum Gurukul Jhajjar

149228

Archaeological Museum, Sanghol

719

Arms Gallery Quila Mubarak Patiala

20289

Assam state Museum, Guwahati

513

Balurghat College Museum

162

Bengiya Sahitya Parishad Museum

297

Bhima Devi Temple, Pinjore

322

Bidar Fort

305

Boudhasri District Archaeological Museum, Guntur

265

Central Archaeological Museum Gujari Mahal ,Gwalior

325

Chandigarh UT Art Gallery

395

Deccan College Post Graduate Research Institute

163482

Department of A.I.H.C & Arch. BHU, Varanasi

4501

Department of Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, Lucknow

16889

Department of Archaeology Museum Haryana

64241

Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh

28682

Department of Cultural Affairs & Archaeology, Govt. of Punjab

3693

Department of Epigraphy & Archaeology, Thanjavur

799

Directorate of Assam

1168

District Archaeological Museum, Kurnool

1086

District Archaeological Museum, Kurnul

1088

District Archaeological Museum, Panagal Nalgonda

602

District Museum Banasar Bagh, Sangrur

470

Endowment Board

661

Excavated Site, Lachhura Ashind-Bhilwara

85

G R Sharma Memorial Museum, Allahabad

191

Ganga Government Museum Bikaner

530

Government Archaeological Museum, Sadhu Ashram Hoshiarpur

318

Government Art Gallery Nimaj

175

Government Central Museum Jaipur

3499

Government Museum Ahar

490

Government Museum Ajmer

970

Government Museum Alwar

1855

Government Museum Amber

9612

Government Museum Art Gallery Chandigarh

383

Government Museum Bharatpur

3593

Government Museum Dungarpur

254

Government Museum Hawa Mahal Jaipur

300

Government Museum Jaiselmer

162

Government Museum Jhalawar

758

Government Museum Kota

761

Government Museum Mandore

167

Government Museum Mount Abu

269

Government Museum Pali

273

Government Museum Sikar

361

Government Museum Udaipur

10207

Government Museum Viratnagar

159

Gurusaday Museum

28

Himachal State Museum, Shimla

3974

HR and CE , Tamil Nadu

1386

HR and CE, Odisha

411

INTACH,ODISHA STATE CHAPTER

713

IRS, Sahitya Sansthan, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth

4940

Jayanti Archaeological Museum, Jind

917

K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna

2500

M S University of Baroda

45148

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum, Summar Place Amritsar

694

OIM South East Asian Studies, Bhubaneswar

299

Personal Collection, Odisha

1550

Private Museum, West Bengal

1606

Private Museum,Odisha

254

Ramakrishna Mission Vidhya Pitha Museum

172

Rani Mahal Museum Jhansi

1316

Sannati Sculpture Gallery ASI

35

Sheesh Mahal Museum Art Gallery Patiala

29820

Shri Pratap Singh Museum

89146

Site Museum, Alampur Mehabubnagar

218

Site Museum, Kolanupaka, Nalgonda

169

Sri Balasubramaniya Swami Temple, Chinna Kavanam

76

Sri Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar

4189

State Archaeological Department , West Bengal

1026

State Museum Odisha

4001

T. S. MAHASABHA

794

Vikram University M.P.

405

Zonal Museum Hisar

83445

Total

790447

The Government of India had established the National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) in 2007 to prepare two national registers on monuments and antiquities. So far the NMMA has digitized 12,46,211 Antiquities and 11,406 Unprotected Monuments (Built Heritage & Sites).

An amount of Rs. 20 lakh were allocated for the NMMA during the FY 2024-25. 4,55,764 antiquities of ASI Museum/ Circles / Branches (Annexure-I) and 7,90,447 from other institutions have been digitized by the NMMA (Annexure-II). Details of which are available at NMMA website for public access at http://nmma.nic.in.

In addition, to that for the accessibility QR code-based information systems and digital museum interventions, including Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) features, have been introduced in selected Archaeological Site Museums of ASI to enhance visitor engagement and dissemination of information.

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.