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Museums in Delhi

The visit to the capital of the World's largest democracy is incomplete if you miss the intriguing museums of this ancient city, which has a glorious history of around 2500 years. Though Delhi cannot be compared with Finland that has more museums per person than any country of the world but still the city has many popular depositories with interesting objects, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment on display having artistic, historical or scientific value.You can see the fascinting musuems in Delhi, while on tour to Delhi, with India For You.

While some museums of Delhi are of generic nature, which acquire, conserve, research, communicate and exhibit, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, many modern museums are based on particular subjects like natural history, modern art, archaeology, science, aviation, fine arts, geology, anthropology, cosmology, cultural history, and even applied arts. There are also museums dedicated to eminent people or leaders listing their contributions and services.

Being the capital of India, the museums in Delhi not only provides knowledge related to this part but of the whole country, thus serving as a window from where visitors can peep and be informed about the splendid history, culture, art and habitat of any particular region and discover and feel the diversity of this vast country.

All the museums in Delhi are well maintained with helpful curators. For photography of the museums, permission is required from the local authorities.

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