Bihar Museum ranked ninth in global museum list

The Bihar Museum in Patna has been ranked ninth on the World’s 100 Best Museums 2026 list, published by the Germany-based travel guide Worth a Journey. This ranking makes it the highest-rated museum in Asia, placing it ahead of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which secured tenth place, and the Louvre in Paris, which was ranked 31st.

The museum, designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, features a 13.9-acre campus and houses significant artifacts such as the Didarganj Yakshi, a nearly 2,000-year-old sandstone sculpture. Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary welcomed the international recognition of the institution.