Museo Camera

Museo Camera is a centre for the photographic arts located in DLF Phase IV, Gurugram, Haryana. Founded by photographer and archivist Aditya Arya, it houses one of the largest collections of photographic cameras and equipment in South Asia, with over 2000 cameras spanning more than 150 years of photographic history. The museum showcases vintage cameras, lenses, archival prints and photographic memorabilia.

Visitors can expect a multi-level museum space displaying a chronological collection of cameras from the 19th century to modern digital era, including rare and antique models, studio equipment, and darkroom apparatus. The centre includes curated exhibition galleries, archival prints from the Aditya Arya Archive, a library, and spaces for workshops, talks and temporary photography exhibitions in a contemporary building setting.

The museum is built around the personal collection of photographer Aditya Arya, assembled over several decades. It documents the evolution of photographic technology from early wooden large-format and box cameras of the 19th century to modern film and digital cameras, preserving the history of photography in India and globally.

Museo Camera serves as a not-for-profit centre for the photographic arts dedicated to preserving photographic heritage, promoting visual literacy, and supporting contemporary photographic practice through exhibitions, education and archival preservation.