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 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 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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