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Bangalore Palace
A Tudor Revival palace modelled on Windsor Castle, built from the 1870s and later owned by the Mysore Wadiyars; part of it is open for ticketed visits.
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🧭 Unique ExperiencesVenkatappa Art Gallery
A public art gallery next to the Government Museum on Kasturba Road, built around the work of painter K. Venkatappa and also holding K.K. Hebbar's collection. Reopened in June 2025 after renovation.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesJawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
A planetarium run by the Bangalore Association for Science Education since 1989, with a dome sky theatre, an outdoor science park and regular astronomy talks and stargazing evenings.
📚 BookstoresBlossom Book House
Multi-storey new and second-hand bookshop founded by Mayi Gowda, who started in a small Brigade Gardens shop. Stock runs from manga to decades-old rare classics; there are three Church Street outlets.
🌿 Hidden SpotsNational Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
Ministry of Culture modern art gallery in the restored Manikyavelu Mansion, a former merchant's bungalow on a 3.5-acre site, open since February 2009.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesMuseum of Art & Photography (MAP)
Five-floor, ~44,000 sq ft private museum opened February 2023, with 20,000+ artworks across six departments, a sculpture courtyard, a research library and tactile and audio-guided access.
🧭 Unique ExperiencesVisvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM)
Science museum opened by Nehru in 1962 and run by the National Council of Science Museums, with an Engine Hall, a 1:1 Wright Flyer model with simulator, Science on a Sphere and a Taramandal.