Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum to become world’s largest museum

Key facts

• The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) officially moved to the Seva Teerth complex, vacating South Block.
• The relocation clears the path for the Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum project in Delhi.
• The museum will span 1.55 lakh square metres, surpassing the British Museum and the Louvre in scale.
• North and South Blocks on Raisina Hill are being retrofitted through adaptive reuse to house the museum.
• The museum is divided into eight thematic segments covering over 5,000 years of Indian civilisation.
• It will feature over 950 rooms, 30 galleries, and display between 80,000 and 100,000 artefacts.
• India has partnered with France Muséums Développement for technical collaboration on the project.
• The first gallery is scheduled to open by December 2026, with full operations expected within three years.
• The museum anticipates an annual footfall of nearly 10 million visitors once fully operational.