The specialty of museums in Delhi are that there are certain special items based on which the museums have been built such as dolls, crafts, railways, etc.
If you are in Delhi and want to know about the cultural heritage of Delhi, you must visit the following museums in Delhi :
- Crafts Museum : Located at Pragati Maidan, this museum offers galleries on Indian crafts work including wooden carvings, metal ware, paintings, etc.
- Dolls Museum : One of the largest doll museums, it hosts around 6000 costume dolls from over 85 countries across the globe.
- National Gallery of Modern Art : This museum represents the changing art form and owns a collection of over 14000 modern art works from all across the world.
- National Rail Museum : This museum will tell you each and every detail of the Indian railways and railways in general. It has a large collection of locomotives and carriages from across the globe.
- Archaeological Museum : It displays the antiques that include textile paintings, fine art calligraphy and costumes related to Mughal period.
- National Museum : This museum displays items relating to the entire span of Indian Civilization. It covers almost each and every area of the cultural heritage of India. The items at display include everything from jewelery, arms and armour, manuscripts, paintings to pre-historic archeology etc.
Last Updated on 04 July 2011
