Delhi Museums

Museums are the store houses for the cultural heritage of a country. Delhi is always a city of pride and dignity and one of the oldest cities in the country and the Delhi Museums are those which store the best heritage of the country. There are a number of museums in the city. The museums are the best place to understand the history of the country along with the history of Delhi.

Delhi museums are not of one kind. They are divided into several sectors. These sectors are science related, art related, police, doll and the most shocking one is the toilet museum. These museums are all unique in themselves. Some of the major museums worth mentioning are:

National Museum of natural History (National Museum of natural History, New Delhi) is one of the major interests among the Delhi museums. The museum is rich source of information on the flora and fauna. The pictorial representation of the deforestation is displayed here. The stages of deforestation are well described.

Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum (Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, New Delhi) is one of the prime attractions among the visitors in Delhi. The museum displays the best pictures of life of Mrs Gandhi. Some of the rare photographs of her life are displayed here. The personal belongings of Mrs Gandhi during her assassination are also displayed. Some of the belongings of her son Rajiv Gandhi are also a major attraction among the visitors.

Gandhi National Museum (Gandhi National Museum, New Delhi): The museum has a beautiful collection of informative books on the life of Mahatma Gandhi and the freedom movement of India. The museum has a rich collection of manuscripts. Around 25000 photocopies of telegrams, letters and notes written and received Mahatma Gandhi are present there.

Very different from the museums on famous people are the rail museum, air force museum and the dolls museum. The Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta & Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art, New Delhi are the museums which depict the best pieces of terracotta and art Delhi Museums beautifully depict the countries culture.

The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets (The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, New Delhi) display the various designs of toilets that are found all over the world. The museum also talks about the historical origin of toilets. The most unique of its kind this museum attracts a lot of people. It is considerd the best one among the Delhi museums.

The National Rail Museum is a great attraction because of the collection of locomotives and carriages it has. There are a lot of Delhi museums which are unique among themselves.

- Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi)
- National Science Centre (National Science Centre, New Delhi)
- Tibet House Museum (Tibet House Museum, New Delhi)
- Field Museum(Field Museum, New Delhi)
- Zakir Hussain Museum (Zakir Hussain Museum, New Delhi)
- Sulabh International Museum of Toilets (Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, New Delhi)
- Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum (Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, New Delhi)
- National Philatelic Museum (National Philatelic Museum, New Delhi)
- Gandhi National Museum (Gandhi National Museum, New Delhi)
- Shankar's Doll's Museum (Shankar's Doll's Museum, New Delhi)
- Sangeet Natak Academy (Sangeet Natak Academy, New Delhi)
- Gandhi Smriti (Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi)
- Air Force Museum (Air Force Museum, New Delhi)
- National Museum of Natural History (National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi)
- Crafts Museum (Crafts Museum, New Delhi)
- Ghalib Academy & Library memorial (Ghalib Academy & Library memorial, New Delhi)
- Swatantra Sangrahalaya(Swatantra Sangrahalaya, New Delhi)
- Ghalib Museum (Ghalib Museum, New Delhi)
- Nehru Memorial Museum (Nehru Memorial Museum, New Delhi)
- National Children Museum (National Children Museum, New Delhi)
- Nehru Planetarium (Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi)
- National Police Museum (National Police Museum, New Delhi)
- Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta (Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta , New Delhi)
- Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art (Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art, New Delhi)
- National Gallery of Modern Art (National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi)
- Museum of the Archaeological Survey of India (Museum of the Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi)