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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Museum and theme park in Goa, India}}<br />
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| location = [[Loutolim]], [[Goa]], India<br />
| type = Private, [[ethnographic]]<br />
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| founder = Maendra Jocelino Araujo Alvares<br />
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| curator = Maendra Alvares<br />
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| owner = Maendra Alvares<br />
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'''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]].<br />
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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><br />
[[File:Big Foot 13.jpg|thumb|Scenes from rural life at ''The Big Foot''.]]<br />
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==Left-Hander Museum==<br />
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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><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iey3wgJ4t0A Video on Big Foot Museum]<br />
*[http://www.bigfootgoa.com/ Big Foot website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925171758/https://bigfootgoa.com/ |date=2023-09-25 }}<br />
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[[Category:Museums in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Museums with year of establishment missing]]</div>
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