Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum

Kasturba Road,Cubbon Park,Gandhi Nagar,Bangalore 560051 Phone: 080 22866200 www.vismuseum.gov.in/

About

The Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM) is a museum in Bangalore, India. Its management comes under the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Government of India. The museum was instituted as part of the centenary celebrations of the engineer-statesman Sir M. Vishvesvaraya (1861-1962). It was handed over to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1962. In 1978 when the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) was formed, Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum became its southern headquarters. The Council has a chain of 28 centers spread all over India. The objective of the Council is to popularize science through interactive exhibits.