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Natural History Museum
At
Barkhamba animals, huge dinosaur and huge birds of pre historic ages
in FICCI building. The Discovery Room also appreciable.
View the film show from 11-30 to 15-30.
Open daily at 10-00 to 17-00, no ticket is required. Tel: 3314849.
National Museum
The National Museum is another interesting spot located very close
to India Gate. The museum has a rich variety of all facets of ancient
Indian history and also of central Asia. In fact the museum takes
one through
a fascinating journey of what ancient India was all about, pottery,
rare coins, and numerous such things including art and architecture,
costumes are for all to see. It's something every tourist should
find time to visit even if the schedule is tight.
On the right of Rajpath at Janpath is National Museum or Yadughar.
Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone in 1955 and the museum
was opened to visitors in 1965. Collections from Mahenjadaro, Harappa,
Lothal, Kalibangan and antiques of prehistorical periods are on
display. The history dated back to 5000 years are vividly displayed
in the museum.
The collections of Indus civilization, Brahminical, Jain and Buddhist
sculptural antiques are all there. The colour paintings of Mughal,
Rajput, Deccan are praiseworthy. Besides, there are the holy Git
Gobinda, the holy Mahabharata, the holy Bhagabat Gita in golden
alphabet, Octogonal mini Quran, Babamama in Babar's handwriting,
Jahangir's diary, musical instruments of more than 300 types, varieties
of tribal dresses enriched the museum.
The antique collections of Sir Aurel Stein has added the attraction
of the museum. The evolution of ornaments through ages from prehistoric
era to recent modern time, its shape, size, design and pattern and
of metalic combinations with or without jewel set are all on display
in the ornament gallery of the museum. It draws tourists most.
Indira Memorial Museum
Another
national museum has been built at 1 Safdarjung Rd in memorium of
Indira Gandhi, on May 27, 1985. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by
her own body guard on 31 Oct, 1984. A glass cage has covered the
spot where her body fell down. Before being bullet sprayed in from
point blank range, Indira was on her way along the garden road out
of her residence.
At that place Czechoslovak Govt made a artificial water flow by
crystal on steel plate of 33´25 m. The crystal stream on the
steel plate is designed and planned by the Czech architect Jaroslav
Mirich. 3 rooms are full with articles which were in use by Indira.
Photographs of Indira are also there. The blood-stained sari and
other dress materials of Indira are chemically preserved in the
museum. You may go inside the private chambers to view reading room,
dinning room, Dewan-i-Aam, Dewan-i-Khas etc.
Except Monday open everyday from 10-00 to 17-00 3010094.
National Gallery of Modern Art
Located
in the Jaipur House near India Gate. The building was the palace of
the Maharaja of Jaipur. It has around 4,000 paintings of modern artists
and also included are graphics and sculptures. The gallery arranges
special exhibitions for those who wish to exhibit their works. Rabindranath,
Abanindranath, Nanadalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Amrita Shergil and other's
creative works are on display. This gallery has a huge collection
of art and literature and journal on art and culture and painting
of old and modern schooling. At Chanakyapuri behind Bhutan House,
except Monday and national holidays, in the months of April to September
daily between 9-30 to 19-00 and Oct-March Open from 10-00 to 17-00.
The gallery also houses a library which can be used by museum, which
is open from 1000 hours to 1700 hours, is closed on all holidays and
observes Monday as its weekly off.
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