Museums in India

There are many museums in India. These may include archaeological museums, cultural museums and technological museums. The museums in India are a favorite with almost all kinds of tourists. Some of the well known museums in India are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, Indian museum, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial and Jorasanko Thakur Bari.

Museums in India: Indian Museum - The Indian Museum is one of the most famous museums in India. The Indian Museum was established by Dr Nathaniel Wallich at Serampur in the year 1814. He was a Danish botanist. The Indian Museum is a multi-disciplinary institution of national importance and is also one of oldest museums in the world. Scores of tourists come to visit the Indian museum every year. The museum is equally popular among the local and international tourists.

Among the well known exhibits, the Egyptian mummy, the Buddhist stupa from Bharhut, and the Ashoka pillar are popular ones. The Indian Museum is also has an amazing collection of fossilized skeletons of dinosaurs. Watch out for the mind blowing art collection, rare antiques and meteorites in different variety.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum is one of the most well known museums in India. Most museum tours in India include Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum as an important part of their travel schedule. The museum was founded by some citizens of Mumbai to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales in the early 20th century. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum is situated South Mumbai near the Gateway of India.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum houses some of the rare and ancient exhibits of Indian history as well as objects brought from foreign lands. Watch for the Indus Valley Civilization artifacts, relics of the Gupta age and some fine and examples of Mauryan art in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum in India.

Jorasanko Thakur Bari Museum: Jorasanko Thakur Bari is one of the most popular cultural museums in India. The Jorasanko Thakur Bari was originally the ancestral mansion of Tagore family. It was built by Prince Dwarkanath Tagore in the early eighteenth century. He was the grandfather of the renowned poet, novelist and dramatist Rabindranath Tagore.

A visit to Jorasanko Thakur Bari takes you back to the eighteenth and early nineteenth century when the Tagore family resided there. All their furniture, clothes, paintings, and articles of daily use have been restored for the future generations to see. Jorasanko Thakur Bari also has several documents and writings that speak of the close-knit relation between the Tagore family with the Bengal Renaissance and the Brahmo Samaj.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial Museum: Your museum tour to India is incomplete without a visit to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial Museum. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial is built in the memory of the well known Indian independence activist and political leader, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial is a museum and exhibition center situated at Moti Shahi Mahal in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat in India.

The central hall in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial has several portraits of Patel, his family, friends and his allies who took an active part in the Indian freedom struggle.

In other rooms of Sardar Sarovar hall, you will be able to see the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi which includes his portraits, pictures, quotes, busts, statues and books. Tourists coming to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial, also go to see documentary film shows in the Sardar Open Air Theatre in the garden.

Nehru Museum of Science and Technology: Nehru Museum of Science and Technology was established in the year 1990. The building reflects the Byzantine style of architecture. The building was originally used by the British to imprison freedom fighters. During the post-independence period, it was renovated and Nehru Museum of Science and Technology was founded.

Nehru Museum of Science and Technology has many indoor exhibits including technical models brought from various institutes and organizations all over India. The park outside the museum showcases 14 open-air demonstrations and outdoor exhibits that also include a hunter plane and a steam engine. The archive room in Nehru Museum of Science and Technology contains important documents relating to history of the institute and Midnapore district.