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All India Annual Museum Conference

Museums Association of India

All India Annual Museum Conference

Museum Association of India (MAI) conducts All India Annual Museum Conference in collaboration with local museums, institutions, universities and cultural centers at different parts of the country.

The idea of All India Annual Museum Conference was formed during the 1st meeting held in Banaras in 1944 with Dr. Moti Chandra and Dr. V S Agarwal. After the 2nd meeting which was held in Presidency college, Madras in 1944, the All India Annual Museum Conferences started.

S. No. Year Venue
1 1945 Science College, Nagpur
2 1945-46 Egmore Museum, Madras
3 1946-47 Patna Museum, Patna
4 1947 Prince of Whales Museum, Bombay
5 1948 University of Delhi, Delhi
6 1949 Utkal University, Cuttack
7 1950 Local Central Museum, Nagpur
8 1951 Central Museum, Jaipur
9 1952 Gwalior
10 1953 Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam
11 1954 Ahmedabad
12 1959 Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi
13 1960 Aligarh Museum University, Aligarh
14 1962 National Museum, Delhi
15 1963 State Museum Lucknow, Lucknow
16 1964 Children Museum, Patna
17 1968 Bhubaneswar
18 1969 National Museum, Delhi
19 1971 National Museum, Delhi
20 1972 National Museum, Delhi

S. No. Year Venue
21 1973 Mysore
22 1974 Govt. Museum Mathura, Mathura
23 1975 Mahatma Phule Vastu Sanghralaya, Pune
24 1976 Hyderabad
25 1977 Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technical Museum, Bangalore
26 1978 National Museum of Natural History, Delhi
27 1980 Calcutta
28 1980 State Museum Lucknow, Lucknow
29 1981 M S Baroda University, Baroda
30 1983 Craft Museum, Delhi
31 1984-85 Odisha State Museum, Bhubaneswar
32 1985 National Museum, Delhi
33 1986 Bharatkala Bhavan, Banaras
34 1988 Birla Museum, Bhopal
35 1988 State Museum, Guwahati
36 1989 Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
37 1991 Victoria Jubliee Museum, Vijayawada
38 1991 Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
39 1993 National Museum, Delhi
40 1994 State Museum Lucknow, Lucknow

S. No. Year Venue
41 1995 Bharatkala Bhavan, Banaras
42 1997 National Museum of Natural History, Mysore
43 1999 Rail Museum, Delhi
44 2000 Archaeological Museum, Thrissur
45 2001 Gargoti Museum, Nagpur
46 2002 National Museum of Natural History, Bhopal
47 2003 Capt. Williamson Sangma State Museum, Shillog
48 2004 National Museum Institute, Delhi
49 2005 Cultural Affairs & Heritage Department, Gangtok
50 2006 Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur
51 2007 IGRMS, Bhopal
52 2008 Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
53 2009 NRLC, Lucknow
54 2010 Khajuraho
55 2011 National Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar
56 2012 Assumption College, Changanassery
57 2013 Hotwar Museum, Ranchi
58 2015 State Museum, Guwahati
59 2016 ARCHEMIST, Chennai
60 2017 Swaminarayan Museum, Ahmedabad

S. No. Year Venue
61 2018 NRLC, Lucknow
62 2019 Allahabad Museum, PRAYAGRAJ
63 2022 City Palace, Udaipur
64 2023 Mehrangarh Fort Museum, Jodhpur
65 2024 Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, Vadodara
66 2025 Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal