#Museums in Gwalior
H H Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum- Situated in the Jai Vilas Palace, the Scindia Museum has a variety of objects ranging from sculptures, bronzes, weapons, miniature paintings, manuscripts and coins.

#Museums in Sanchi
Archaeological Museum- Like most site museums in India, this one also owes its genesis to an English General accidentally stumbling upon some ancient ruins around 1818. Sculptures found here include statues of the Buddha, several bodhisattvas and early Hindu period statues of Ganesh. There is a lion capital of an Ashoka pillar very similar to the one found at Sarnath.

#Museums in Khajuraho
Archaeological Museum- Archaeological Museum was earlier called the Jardine Museum. Most of the 2000 objects are masterpieces of Indian sculpture. The Nritta Ganesha, a colossal image depicts the elephant- headed god dancing while his attendents keep rhythem; a marvellous Hari-Hara representing the deity whose right half is Shiva and left Vishnu manifests the perfectly conceived unity of the two gods.

#Museums in Patna
State Museum- The State Museum, established in 1917, has an excellent collection of stone and terracotta sculptures especially from the Mauryan period.

#Museums in Gaya
Gaya Museum- Gaya, 206 km from Patna, is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site. On view are ancient sculptures, bronzes and terracotta. There is a section on numismatics, the decorative arts, paintings, manuscripts, arms and armoury, geology and natural history.

#Museums in Nalada
Archaeological Museum- Ninety km south of Patna lies Nalanda, the historic Buddhist university. It is believed that the Buddha preached here and the Mauryan emperor Ashoka built the famous monastery. The excavated ruins are spectacular, with chapels, monasteries and lecture halls symmetrically spread over a large area.