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of the finest museums of India are in Delhi.
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 Ghandi 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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