Established: 1949 AD
The preserver of National culture, historical and archaeological artefacts, National Museums currently hold approximately 2,00,000 objects of a diverse nature, both Indian as well as foreign, its holdings covering a time span of more than five thousand years of Indian cultural heritage.
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Established: 1977 AD
A museum constructed to preserve and display the historical journey of Indian Railways, the museum is collection of engines, trains and coaches dating back to early twentieth century, when the largest employer of the today’s world was in its formative years.
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Established: 1954 AD
A repository of the cultural ethos of the country, National Gallery of Modern Art showcases the changing art forms through the passage of the last hundred and fifty years starting from about 1857 in the field of Visual and Plastic arts.
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Established: 1950-1960
The National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum (NHHM) commonly known as National Crafts Museum is one of the largest crafts museums in India. It holds over 35,000 rare and distinctive pieces reflecting the continuing tradition of Indian craftsmen
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Established: 1965
Set up by K Shankar Pillai and Indira Gandhi, the museum is a veritable collections of about 6500 dolls from around 85 countries of the world, majority of which are received as gifts. The main collections of Dolls Museum are 150 types of Indian costume dolls.
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Established: Approx 1965
The Museum, Library and the planetarium, housed at Teen Murti Bhawan, the former residence of India’s First Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. The museum is a veritable collection of memorabilia related to the life of Jawahar Lal Nehru.
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Established: Established: 1978
A brainchild of former Indian Prime Minister, Smt Indira Gandhi, Museum of Natural History was established to depict its flora, fauna and mineral wealth to provide an out of school facility for education of children and to promote environmental awareness among the masses.
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Located inside the Dak Bhawan, The India Post headquarter, the National Philatic Museum is a Philatelist’s Paradise with its collection of stamps issued by the Government of India and Princely states, dating back to as far as 1854 when the first stamp was issued by Sindh Dak.
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Established: Approx 1961
Dedicated to the father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, the museum is a collection of personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi. It consists of five galleries that comprise of sculpture, photographs and paintings of Gandhi and the philosophy of 'ahinsa' (non-violence)
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Established in the premises of Bal Bhavan, The National Children's Museum houses a massive array of worldwide collections ranging from Dolls, Toys, Objects made of Bronze and Stones, Art and Craft items, utensils, jewelleries, musical instruments, currencies and many more.
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Spread over an Annexe and a Hangar, the one of its kind Air Force museum displays historic photographs, memorabilia, uniforms and personal weapons of the Indian Air Force from its inception in 1932. It also displays small aircrafts, aircraft replicas, anti-aircraft guns, vehicles and ordinance.
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Established: Probably between 1955 - 1973
Located inside the old fort (Purana Qila), the Archaelogical Museum is a site museum which came into being with the first excavation at the site in 1955 and took it final shape with the second excavation from 1969 -1973. It displays artefacts discovered during excavations.
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Established: 1911
Originally known as the Palace Museum located in the premises of Naubat Khana of Red Fort of Delhi, it was later moved to the Mumtaz Mahal. The objects in the Museum is housed in six galleries belonging to the Mughal Period.
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Established: 1971-73
Formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhawan, Gandhi Smriti is dedicated to the father of Nation – Mahatma Gandhi. The house built in 1928 by industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla was the abode of Mahatma Gandhi from 09 sept 1947 till 30th Jan 1948, when he was assassinated in its premises.
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Established: 1969
Mirza Ghalib Museum, is a museum dedicated in showcasing the life and times of the 18th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib. Located in the vicinity of the tomb of the Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin, the museum presents pictures of Ghalib's residences, his food habits and attires.
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Established: 1984
The former residence of First and only Lady Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi, this site museum gives you an insight of the day to day life of Mrs Gandhi, the objects on display includes the blood stained Saree, she was wearing at the time of assassination.
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Located inside the Naubat Khana of Red Fort Delhi, spread across two floors, Indian war memorial museum was set up as a tribute to the Indian Soldiers who fought for British in World War I. The museum displays arms, ammunition and other gears used during different wars.
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South Asia’s first Modern Metro Museum, is located at the Patel Chowk metro station and is the only such installation worldwide in an operational Metro station. The museum is a collection of display panels, historical photographs and exhibits and traces the genesis of the Delhi Metro
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Established: 2004
The first of its kind in India, National Agricultural Science Museum portrays the development of agriculture in India since pre-historic times. The museum has 150 exhibits displayed in 10 major sections ranging from the pre-historic era to the Independent India and the future of agriculture.
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Established: 1991
Dedicated to the commemorative work the Law enforcing agency do, especially the Police, National Police Museum takes you into the world of crime, criminals and Policing tracing its history from ancient to the modern times and displays modern techniques used by the law enforcing agencies.
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Established: 1992
Established with the intention of popularising scientific concepts, it houses working science exhibition as well as exhibits on the history of architecture. Spread over eight permanent halls, it has exhibits which interests all age group. It also has the first fun packed multimedia centre in the country.
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Established: 1953
Not exactly a Museum, Sangeet Natak Academy was the first National Academy of arts set up in Republic of India. Also known as the National Academy of Performing arts, it aims to preserve the vast cultural heritage of India expressed in its various forms of dance, drama and Music.
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Established: 1990
A set of three museums viz Museum of ‘Everyday Art’, Museum of Indian Terracotta (tribal art) and Textile Museum. It has about 1500 objects of terracotta art, sculptures and figurines, a collection of “Everyday Arts” where artisans turn the functional everyday household object into piece of arts.
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Established: 1992
The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, conceived by Social activist Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak is dedicated to the global history of Sanitation & toilets. Time magazine describes the museum as one of the weirdest museums among the "10 museums around the world that are anything but mundane"
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Established: 2004
The Supreme Court Museum was set up with a view to preserve, protect and display rare objects, artefacts, manuscripts, old documents, files, photographs depicting India’s legal heritage and growth of its Justice Delivery System. It has two galleries spread over an area of 5000 sq ft.
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Established: 1965
Founded by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to preserve and disseminate the unique cultural heritage of Tibet The facility houses a Museum of valuable Tibetan art and artefacts, a Library with nearly 5000 volumes of manuscripts and books, a Resource Centre, a Conference hall, a Gallery and a Bookshop.
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