Goa Chitra Museum
Goa Chitra Museum
4.5
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Goa Chitra, founded & curated by Victor Hugo Gomes, is a conglomerate of three museums spread across 1,17,000 sq. meters in Benaulim, South Goa. It is one man’s collection of over 40,000 artefacts and dedication of more than 30 years as a tribute to his ancestors and their way of life using age-old wisdom passed down through generations. Goa Chitra Museum is the flagship ethnographic museum, opened in 2009. It is a unique collection of over 4,000 artefacts related to traditional farming implements and other ancient tools of the trade. Goa Chakra Museum is a transportation museum that is the first of its kind in India, opened in 2014. It displays ancient modes of transportation from all over India that reveals the progressive history of success in the modern industrial age through the wheel. Goa Cruti Museum, opened in 2016, is a collection based on Goa’s colonial past that showcases the various aspects of the fast-fading rich culture of Goa.
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Rajesh M
2 contributions
Jun 2023 • Family
Artefacts from 400 years back from the portuguese era in Goa were nicely displayed - did kinds of transportation used by people, different kinds of daily utensils used by people reflected a lot in their living - 300 INR ticket per person - was a bit inside so cab is needed
Written 17 June 2023
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Jayanthi
1 contribution
Jun 2023
Great museum. We felt exported to centuries back. Maintained very well. The lady guide, enthusiastically explained everything very nicely. It's worth the entry fee.
Written 17 June 2023
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KeshavChakraborty
Pune, India871 contributions
Sep 2022 • Couples
If you are in Madgaon, it is a must visit place.
This private depicts the Goan culture and tradition, holds enviable number of artifacts and collection
This private depicts the Goan culture and tradition, holds enviable number of artifacts and collection
Written 10 June 2023
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Vinay G
2 contributions
Jun 2023 • Family
Amazing place. Awesome collection.
Charlette who explnd us the whole thing was excellent.
keep 1 hr for this place
Charlette who explnd us the whole thing was excellent.
keep 1 hr for this place
Written 4 June 2023
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nikunj0402
Renfrew, UK3 contributions
Mar 2023 • Family
We visited chitra museum with our daughters. Sushant our tour guide is an amazing person and his energy is commendable. He explained each and every details for everything displayed in museum.
This is a hidden gem in goa, way to the museum is also very beautiful. It gives great knowledge about goan history and people of goa.
This is a hidden gem in goa, way to the museum is also very beautiful. It gives great knowledge about goan history and people of goa.
Written 2 April 2023
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karmwatson
Gateshead, UK65 contributions
Mar 2023 • Friends
Lovely local museum split into three sections - personal guide room you through each , the first being wheels , so loads of animal drawn carriages and chests etc , then a section on work and office work and life under the Portuguese and third life in the fields and cooking and farming. The are busy building a new section on farm to table which should be good . Small gift shop of local produced art etc. if you go by taxi ask them to wait as it’s difficult to get taxi back - an hour is about enough unless you want to really take your time!
Written 7 March 2023
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Shreya Sircar
2 contributions
Dec 2022
Was a wonderful experience. A one person collection of 4000 items from the pre Portuguese era... very awe inspiring . A 45 mins well spent ... The guide Sushant was knowledgeable, patient with our questions and passionate about the place and each one of the items. A must go too ... Kudos to Victor Gomes !!!
Written 20 December 2022
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Rakesh N
3 contributions
Oct 2022 • Family
One of the hidden gems in Goa - The Goa Chitra Museum. Amazing private collection of Goan history by Victor Hugo. Place looks small from outside but didn't realise how the 2 hours flew with the detailed explanation from the guides. Not a place to be missed.
Written 16 November 2022
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Nikhil Soni
3 contributions
Oct 2022
It's a private museum maintained by some local people. The guides are informed and helpful. They take you through three sections. Each of them has its own charm. You can take as many photos as you want but no flash allowed. They also have a souvenir shop but we didn't visit that. It took us about an hour to visit the whole museum. It was an hour well spent.
Written 15 November 2022
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Aaheli20
Noida, India22 contributions
Aug 2022 • Friends
The collections are wonderful but all exhibited items are not labelled.
Few items are self explanatory but from where they have been collected and the history behind it isn’t well captured.
They charge 300/- for the tour but the experience it offers isn’t value for money.
The guide has explained all the sections well but we felt information was limited. In a less known museum like this a story telling is important which we didn’t like atall. Movie references for explanation is fine but overtly doing that didn’t give us a nice trip overall.
Few items are self explanatory but from where they have been collected and the history behind it isn’t well captured.
They charge 300/- for the tour but the experience it offers isn’t value for money.
The guide has explained all the sections well but we felt information was limited. In a less known museum like this a story telling is important which we didn’t like atall. Movie references for explanation is fine but overtly doing that didn’t give us a nice trip overall.
Written 28 August 2022
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Colchestercastleview
London, UK56 contributions
Thinking of visiting tomorrow! Sunday.Is there anything special on offer?
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