Why Bihar Museum Ranks 9th in the World, Beating New York’s Met & Other Icons

What makes a museum worth travelling across the world for? In Patna, Bihar Museum has made a strong case for itself. It has been ranked ninth among the world’s 100 best museums in 2026, ahead of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, popularly known as The Met, and Paris’s Louvre. Designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, Bihar Museum brings contemporary architecture and the state’s rich cultural heritage together. Photograph: (Instagram/@just.adulting) Worth a Journey, an independent trav

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