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Delhi Crafts Museum |
The Crafts Museum at Pragati Maidan has galleries displaying India's rich practice of handicrafts. An added appeal is the presence of craftsperson's, which are brought here from special parts of the country to demonstrate their skills.
Home Of Indian Handicrafts
The Crafts Museum kicked off in 1956, as a project to showcase the works of indigenous artisans in one place. By the early 1980's, over 20,000 objects had been composed. The museum is distinct for its architectural display of various villages.
The complex also houses the Crafts Museum Shop. The first corridor on display is the Tribal and Rural Craft Gallery, followed by the Gallery of Courtly Crafts, Textile Gallery, Gallery of Popular Culture, and others.
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Gandhi Museum, Delhi
The origin of this Museum goes back to the period soon after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on the fateful evening of January 30, 1948, when the slow development of scouting for, collecting and preserving the personal relics, manuscripts, books, journals and documents, photographic and audio-visual fabric, all that could go into a Museum on the life, philosophy and work of Gandhiji--began in an unostentatious way in Mumbai.
The Museum was named 'Gandhi Memorial Museum' (Gandhi Smarak
Sangrahalaya),
now commonly known as 'National Gandhi Museum' (Rashtriya
Gandhi Sangrahalaya)
as there are also a number of regional Gandhi memorial
museums in India.
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Indira Gandhi
Memorial Museum
The Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum is located in New Delhi at 1 Safdarjung Road in the home where she lived. The house stands in a lovely garden with mature trees and flowering plants. It contains a collection of photographs documenting her life from her childhood to her days as prime minister. In addition, a number of rooms have been devoted to her son Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated in May 1991.
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National Rail Museum, Delhi
Location : Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Area : 10 Acres
Attractions : Collection Of Locomotives And Carriages
Timings : 9:30am to 5:30pm
A Complete Statistics On Indian Railway Networks
The Rail Transport Museum is a must for rail buffs. There
are models of train engines and coaches and it is a
train-lovers delight. Its pride is a model of India's very
first train, a steam engine that made its journey from
Mumbai to Thane in 1853. The locomotives here are all
displayed in the open although there is a museum as well,
which is a storehouse of information on the history of
railways in India.
It is spread out over an area of 10 acres and is a popular
attraction. The fine outdoor museum has on view a range of
locomotives and carriages ranging over the 150 years of the
railways in India. A toy train takes children around the
museum.
The Collection
Its vintage displays include the oldest locomotive in the
world-still working; the Viceregal Dining Car (1889) and the
Prince of Wales Saloon (1875), Maharaja of Mysore's Saloon
(1899), Maharaja of Baroda's Saloon (1886). The royal
saloons are definitely worth a look for the elaborate
interior design. To enter the royal saloons one has to buy a
ticket.
The star attraction is the Fairy Queen, built in 1855, and
considered to be the best preserved steam locomotive engines
of her age. Children can enjoy a ride on the miniature rail
track.
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Nehru Memorial Museum & Library,
DelhiThe Nehru Memorial Museum and Library maintains a
personalia museum which portrays the life and times of
Jawaharlal Nehru against the backdrop of the different
phases of the Indian freedom movement;
A library of printed materials, books, periodicals,
newspapers and photographs with special focus on the history
of modern India and among other things a repository of
unpublished records of institutions and private papers of
eminent Indians which provide a primary source for
historical research. |
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