Tribal Museum Bhopal

Tribal Museum Bhopal is a museum of indigenous cultures in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, documenting ways of life and traditions of local communities. The building spreads across two levels and includes several exhibition rooms organized by thematic focus.

President Pranab Mukherjee opened the building in June 2013 as the first museum of its kind in Madhya Pradesh. Revathi Kamath designed the facility with the aim of preserving the cultural heritage of more than 40 indigenous groups in the state.

Visitors see living spaces still inhabited by indigenous groups across central India today. Everyday items such as pottery, hunting tools and ritual objects show how these communities interact with their environment.

The museum opens in the afternoon and evening six days a week, Tuesday through Sunday. Visitors should allow enough time to explore all thematic galleries at a comfortable pace and enter the reconstructed dwellings.

In the Jeevan Shaili gallery stand full-scale houses that visitors can enter. These were built from authentic materials such as bamboo, mud and straw, conveying a sense of traditional building techniques.

Location: Bhopal

Inception: June 6, 2013

GPS coordinates: 23.23440,77.38480

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:30