US, Oct. 27 -- Bihar Museum in Patna has secured ninth place worldwide, ranking first in Asia, in Germany-based independent travel guide Worth a Journey's World's 100 Best Museums list. The recognition has brought renewed attention to the museum's role in preserving and presenting Bihar's historical and cultural heritage.

Mexico City's Museo Nacional de Antropologia leads the list, followed by Madrids Museo del Prado and Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The State Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Viennas Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Sanlurfa Archaeology Museum in Turkey take the next three places. Two Second World War museums, one in Gdaisk and one in New Orleans, sit just above Patna, while New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of A...