Museum of Art & Photography
The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) is a private art museum based in Bangalore, India that is a custodian to a collection of Indian art, textiles, photography, craft, and design objects spanning from the twelfth century to the present. MAP opened its doors to the public on 18th February, 2023 as a private art museum. In December 2020, MAP launched a digital museum, that offers a virtual interactive experience to viewers. Collections 
MAP has more than 20,000 artworks, predominantly from the Indian subcontinent in its collection that are organised into six departments: Modern and Contemporary Art, Photography, Living Traditions, Popular Culture, Pre-Modern Art and Textiles, Craft and Design. The collection includes works by Indian modernists, as well as Indian artists. In addition, the vast collection includes photographs, and works by indigenous artists. In 2017, Abhishek Poddar, the founder of the MAP, donated more than 7000 artworks to the museum. Abhishek Poddar 

Abhishek Poddar (born 1968), an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector, is the founder of the Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru. Besides serving on various boards and committees in India, Poddar also serves on the advisory committees of the India-Europe Foundation for New Dialogues, headquartered in Rome and on the Lincoln Centre Global Advisory Council. He has been collecting art since high school and has created a significant collection of South Asian art, craft and antiquities, including modern and contemporary art and photography, a majority of which he has donated to the museum's collection. In December 2016, Christie’s also held an auction of a large chunk of the Poddar family’s personal collection, and the funds acquired were used to drive forward his vision of establishing south India's first major private art museum. He was named as one of Asia’s 2018 Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes Magazine. He is also the director of Sua Explosives & Accessories, and the managing director of Matheson Bosanquet. 