The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) is one of India’s first major museums of South Asian visual culture. The museum is housed in a state-of-the-art, 44,000 square foot building, designed by the acclaimed Indian architectural practice Matthew & Ghosh, on a landmark site at the heart of Bengaluru’s museum district. MAP's five-story building on Kasturba Road includes multiple galleries where the collection is displayed, an auditorium, an art and research library, an education centre, a specialised research and conservation facility, as well as a café.

MAP is also one of the first digital art museums in India, and has a large and varied collection spanning several genres of art, photography, textiles and design, predominantly from the Indian subcontinent. At the heart of MAP’s identity is the idea of tracing and mapping relationships between artistic disciplines – breaking away from older schools of categorisation, and striving instead towards a newer idea of narrative building.

We hope to change the perception of museums and art by making our museum a melting pot of ideas, stories and cultural exchange.  Ultimately, we want to inspire people to interact with art in ways that encourage humanity, empathy, and a deeper understanding of the world we live in.