Museums

HAL Heritage Centre & Aerospace Museum

📍 HAL Old Airport Road, Marathahalli, Bengaluru

🏘️ Marathahalli, Bengaluru

Aircraft, engines and flight simulators on India's aviation history.

Museums

Janapada Loka (Folk Arts Museum)

📍 Bengaluru–Mysuru Road, near Ramanagara

🏘️ Ramanagara, Bengaluru

Museum of the region's folk arts and rural life, with an open-air theatre.

Museums

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium

📍 Sri T. Chowdiah Road, High Grounds, Bengaluru

🏘️ Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru

Planetarium with sky shows and a science park.

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Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

📍 22 Kasturba Road, Bengaluru

🏘️ MG Road, Bengaluru

Modern museum of Indian art, photography and design; closed Mondays.

Museums

National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA)

📍 Manikyavelu Mansion, 49 Palace Road, Bengaluru

🏘️ Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru

Modern Indian art in a restored heritage mansion and garden.

Museums

Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum

📍 Kasturba Road

🏘️ MG Road, Bengaluru

A hands-on science museum opened in 1962 and named after Sir M. Visvesvaraya, with galleries on engines, electricity, space and a full-size Wright Flyer replica.