About Museum

Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore (VITM), a constituent unit of National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India, was established in memory of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya. A modest building with a built up area of 4000 sq. mtrs., was constructed in the serene surrounding of the Cubbon Park, housing various industrial products and engines, which was opened by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 14.07.1962.
The first gallery set up at VITM on the theme Electricity was opened to the public on 27.07.1965 by the then Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting & Bharat Ratna Indira Gandhi.

Museum Activities

• Taramandal Show
• Science Demonstration Show
• Sky Observation Programme
• Popular Science Lecture
• Commemorative Programme

• Wright brothers aeroplane
• Science on a Sphere
• Dinosaur Enclave
• Science for Children
• Space Technology Gallery