{{Short description|Museum and theme park in Goa, India}} {{Infobox museum | name = Big Foot Museum | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Big Foot 2.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = The entrance of the museum, 2020 | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|15.3396|N|73.9875|E|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | dissolved = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = Loutolim, Goa, India | type = Private, ethnographic | accreditation = | key_holdings = Statues, rural life | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = Maendra Jocelino Araujo Alvares | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = Maendra Alvares | architect = | historian = | owner = Maendra Alvares | public_transit = | parking = Yes | network = | website = {{URL|bigfootgoa.in}} | embedded = }}
'''Big Foot Museum''' is a museum and theme park in the village of Loutolim in southern Goa, India, dedicated to rural Goan life.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Bindu Gopal|date=2019-02-25|title=Lively Loutolim|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/250219/lively-loutolim.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> It was founded and run by the artist Maendra Alvares.
It is privately owned and recreates a Goan village in miniature showing what local rural life was like in the past.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big Foot Museum in Goa - GoaTourismTravels|url=http://goatourismtravels.com/things-to-do/museums/big-foot-museum/#.X8LV6nUzbeQ|access-date=2020-11-28|website=goatourismtravels.com|archive-date=2020-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213021659/http://goatourismtravels.com/things-to-do/museums/big-foot-museum/#.X8LV6nUzbeQ|url-status=dead}}</ref> thumb|Scenes from rural life at ''The Big Foot''.
==Left-Hander Museum==
The ''World-Famous Left-Hander Museum'' is also on its campus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2017|title=A museum for all ‘lefty’ luminaries|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/a-museum-for-all-lefty-luminaries/articleshow/60039601.cms|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iey3wgJ4t0A Video on Big Foot Museum] *[http://www.bigfootgoa.com/ Big Foot website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925171758/https://bigfootgoa.com/ |date=2023-09-25 }}
Category:Museums in Goa Category:Museums with year of establishment missing