Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, National anthropology museum in Bhopal, India.

The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is an anthropology museum spread across 200 acres on Shamla Hills with indoor halls and outdoor sections. It displays life-size replicas of traditional dwellings from different regions, complete with historical objects and crafted items.

The idea for a Museum of Man was raised in 1970 at the Indian Science Congress in Calcutta by Sachin Roy. The Madhya Pradesh government offered 200 acres on Shamla Hills, and the museum was inaugurated there on 21 April 1979 by union minister Dr Pratap Chandra Chunder. It had first opened at Bahawalpur House in New Delhi.

The exhibitions showcase living spaces of different ethnic groups, complete with everyday objects, tools, and religious items that reflect their daily life. Visitors can see how people organized their homes and which objects held importance in their communities.

The museum lies on the Shyamala Hills above Bhopal's upper lake and can be entered from Lake View Road or from the road near Demonstration School. It is closed on Mondays and national holidays. The open-air sections cover about 200 acres of sloping ground, so plan for walking between the tribal, coastal, desert and Himalayan habitats.

The museum was placed on Shamla Hills partly because the site already held prehistoric rock art, and the campus now counts 32 painted rock shelters. The Kangla Gate of Manipur is represented here by a replica, alongside two Manipuri works: the painting Khambana Kao Phaba and the sculpture Poubi Lai.