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Salar Jung Museum
The Salar Jung Museum houses the private collections of Salar Jung, the Nizam of Hyderabad's prime minister. The museum has fine collections of jade, metalware, textiles and weapons which provide a glimpse into the post Mughal court life and are suggestive of the grandeur and wealth of rulers in days gone by.
The Jade Room displays beautiful wine bowls, daggers with jade handles, plates, mirror frames in soft translucent colours; white, pink and shades of green. The Metalware and Arms Gallery includes Bidri hookah stands, trays and plates. There are carved ivory chess sets, screens and images. The Textile Gallery exhibits kalamkaris (painted and printed cotton spreads) from Masulipatnam and Kalahasti, shawls from Kashmir, brocades and embroderis.
On display in the Ivory Room are chess sets, images and painted objects. A few ivory objects from Japan are also on display.
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The paintings on view include Jain palm leaf miniatures, miniatures from the Deccani, Malwa, Mewar and Kangra schools. There is also Western Art Section which contains glass from Venice, Bohemia and England, imitations of European painters and the museum's pride: The Veiled Rebecca by G B Benzoni (1876).
There is also an enormous library of rare books and manuscripts. The museum, known for its European art collection, has an Indian art selection far superior in terms of size, variety and quality. The abundance of objects displayed is representative of all that was in vogue in the late 19th century among powerful families of the state of Hyderabad.
Salar Jung Museum
Hyderabad.
Tel: 24523211
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State Museum
The State Museum is housed in a building converted from one of the Nizam's mansions. On the ground floor are bronzes, weaponry and Stone Age implements.
However, the interesting objects are a life-size lizard, a mother and child dating to the 2nd century BC, three enormous temple bells, an unusual boyish rendering of Parvati and a Narasimha, seated with Lakshmi on his lap.
Upstairs are cases of ivory, enamel and porcelain ware as well as examples of Bidri, the state's best known craft technique.
State Museum, Public Gardens
(Near Nampally Station)
Hyderabad.
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