Overview
- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed that the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum in Agra be finished by January 2026 to enable an on-time inauguration.
- He instructed weekly progress reviews and told agencies to prioritise quality as they shift both sites from static displays to digital, participatory experiences.
- The Agra museum will feature a 7D ‘Shivaji and the Great Escape’ recreation, a ‘Pioneers’ gallery on 1857 freedom fighters, galleries on festivals and rivers, an ‘Agra Gallery’, and an orientation section.
- Plans for the Navy Shaurya Museum include preserving INS Gomati, installing a TU-142 aircraft and a proposed Sea King helicopter, plus a 7D theatre, carrier landing and warship simulators, a digital water-screen show, and a marine aquarium.
- Officials said the Lucknow project, launched in 2022 and designed in the abstract form of a ship, has about 30% physical progress and is expected to need at least another year despite orders to accelerate work.