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National Museum
The National Museum is one of India's most prestigious institutions. The Indus Valley gallery displays many antiquities excavated from Mohenjodaro and Harappa, like terracotta toys, images and pots, jewellery, seals, bronze and copper implements and sculptures. The most outstanding object here is the lyrical bronze Dancing Girl.
The National Museum also has a rich collection of sculptures. All the major periods are represented here: Maurya, Sunga, Satavahana, Gupta, Pallava, Chanakya, Pala and Sena. Also on view are sculptures from Gandhara and Mathura.
The Bronze Gallery has some superb pieces from the Chola and Pallava period. Among these the Nataraja figure of Shiva and the Kaliya Mardan Krishna are all time greats.
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There are a number of rare manuscripts and miniature paintings, textiles, coins and tribal art, but the museum's most significant gallery is the one of Central Asian exhibits. Silk banners from Dunhuang, wall paintings, sculptures and other objects capture the lifestyle and culture prevalent along the ancient Silk Route that stretched between Europe and China.
National Museum Janpath,
New Delhi
Tel: 3019538,
Fax: 3011901
E-mail: rdchough@ndf.vsnl.net.in
Website: www.nationalmuseumindia.org
Cover: A statue against the backdrop of National Museum, New Delhi
Inside Cover: From a museum in Indore
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National Museum Of Natural History
A prehistoric animal greets the visitor to the National Museum of Natural History preparing him for the collection of botanical, zoological and geological objects on view within.
National Museum of National History Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi
Tel: 3314849, Fax: 3314932
E-mail: nmnh@ndb.vsnl.net.in
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Archaeological Museum
Situated in the historic Red Fort, the museum exhibits objects of the Mughal period such as manuscripts and firmans, that demonstrate the ine art of calligraphy, paintings, textiles and costumes.
One section concentrates on relics of the 1857 war (First War of Independence) like maps and weapons.
Archaeological Museum
Red Fort, Delhi
Tel: 3267961
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National Rail Museum
This museum depicts 130 years of evolution and development of the Indian Railways. On view are vintage locomotive engines, especially the Fairy Queen, the oldest preserved locomotive in working order (built in 1855), the Patiala Monorail Tramway (1907-27) which is internationally unique, the Prince of Wales saloon (1875), the luxurious Maharaja of Mysore's saloon, the Viceregal dining car, the N-Class Garratt locomotive, Matheran railway coaches and the first locomotive built in India at the Ajmer workshop.
National Rail Museum Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi
Tel: 6881816, 6880939
Fax: 6880804
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Crafts Museum
The Crafts Museum complex is a charming oasis of mud huts with painted walls and thatched roofs, courtyards, terracotta houses recreating village life. Craftsmen at work are some of the elements that add to the rural ambience of the place.
Within the museum itself are examples of traditional Indian Crafts, wooden carvings and images and metalware.
Crafts Museum
Bhairon Road, Pragati Maidan
New Delhi
Tel: 3371370 Fax: 3371515
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Shankar's International Dolls Museum
The International Dolls Museum is a museum devoted to a display of dolls from all over India and abroad.
Shankar's International dolls Museum
Nehru House
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi
Tel: 3316970
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