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The National Museum
on Janpath is the premier repository of antiquities. Built in
1960, it has an extraordinary collection representing the entire
span of Indian civilization from pre-historic times. Its
galleries include finds from the Indus Valley Civilization,
superb sculptures in stone, and bronzes from the Chola period,
the largest collection of miniature paintings in the world,
manuscripts, a Buddhist Gallery, including relics of the Buddha
from Piprahwa, the exquisite Jewelry Gallery, the
Anthropological Gallery of tribal art; galleries devoted to
decorative and applied arts, Maritime Heritage and Pre-Columbian
art, and the Central Asian Antiquities, Gallery of Auriel
Stein's finds along the ancient Silk Route (the great murals
however, are on display at the adjacent Archaeological Survey of
India).
The National
Gallery of Modern Art, housed in the residence of Jaipur's
former maharajas has a superb collection of paintings dating
from 150 years ago to the present day. Company School paintings
of the 19th and early 20th centuries and the works of
Rabindranath Tagore, Jammi Roy and Amrita Sher Gil hold pride of
place amidst exhibits, which give an overview of the evolution
of modern Indian paintings and sculpture. The National Museum
and the National Gallery of Modern Art periodically organize
special exhibitions.'
The Rail Transport
Museum is a must for rail buffs. Its vintage display
includes the oldest locomotive in the world-still working; the
Viceregal Dinning Car (1889) and the Prince of Wales Saloon
(1876). Children can enjoy a ride on the miniature rail track.
The Nehru Memorial
Museum is at Teen Murti House where Jawaharlal Nehru lived
for 16 years till his death in 1964. its special charm is that
the rooms have been preserved as they were. Not far from here is
the Indira Gandhi Memorial where one gets a glimpse of the life
of the late Late Prime Minister.
The Gandhi Memorial
Museum has a collection of memorabilia on Mahatma Gandhi.
The Crafts Museum at Pragati Maidan has galleries displaying
India's rich tradition of handicrafts. An added attraction is
the presence of craftsperson who are bought here from different
parts of the country to demonstrate their skills. In this
central part of the city are also located the National
Philatelic Museum of Natural History, Mandi House, and the
Malliah on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg.
The Tibet House Museum on Lodi Road has a fine collection
of tankhas, jewellery and ritual objects. En route to Old Delhi
are the Shankar's Dolls Museum of Archeology related to the
Mughal era, and the Museum of Arms and Weapons which traces the
development of arms from the Mughal age to the First World War.
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