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  • globetrotter55
    Bucharest, Romania2,922 contributions
    Mahatma's life, narrated for everybody
    Mahatma's last steps, a peaceful courtyard nowadays, a place to remember
    a place to discover his life, also, thanks to useful dioramas, for instance
    his spirit seems to fulfill the place, there are good emotions
    Review of: Gandhi Smriti
    Written 27 April 2023
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  • Paris
    Copenhagen, Denmark46 contributions
    A must visit!
    I thought I knew about Gandhi but this place is so full of interesting facts. A real eye opener into the life of one of the most important people to be blessed upon this earth. His life should stand as an example of what we all should strive for. 10/10
    Review of: National Gandhi Museum
    Written 1 March 2023
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  • Yash Kirtane
    New York21 contributions
    New Delhi Art
    Part of this museum is located in a stunning venue the Jaisalmer House!
    The rest of the museum is in a building that seems to need sprucing up!
    The art works themselves are outstanding but once again need better lighting/ display etc.
    For a world class art collection more thought to be given to the overall esthetics.
    Review of: National Museum
    Written 24 February 2023
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  • JenAnnie
    Nottingham, UK679 contributions
    Time in New Delhi
    This was a beautiful place to visit a must if you are in New Delhi. We spent so much time here & had a guide to tell us all the details of Gandhi's stay here. Lots of photographs & memorabilia, cab recommended this visit.
    Review of: Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum
    Written 3 May 2023
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  • Harsh
    1 contribution
    Good place for kids
    Overall good place for kids to gain knowlage. Toy train is there for fun. Neet and clean washroom. Large area for explore. Out side food allow in museum. Canteen available but food is not ok. We ordered fried rice with manchurian and paneer dosa both were below quality. Rice was uncooked, lots of oil in dosa. My suggestion keep your food with self or eat from out side
    Review of: National Rail Museum
    Written 5 March 2023
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  • Urvashi J
    New Delhi, India118 contributions
    Lots more potential
    Interesting galleries. But I feel that the place has a lot more potential and space, they could do much more. The exhibition that was on when I visited was Vayaan, very well curated. It would be lovely to see many more like that.
    Review of: Crafts Museum
    Written 14 February 2023
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  • Gaurav Manu
    New Delhi, India136 contributions
    If you love Art, this is the place to be
    Right next to India Gate, one of the best addresses for the Fine Art.
    This place is treasure trove of the Art..

    Located in Lutyens's Delhi, which itself is a heritage of Modern India, National Gallery is housed in "Jaipur House", which was the residence in National Capital, for Jaipur Royals, post-independence..

    If you love art, just go there you will find enough to keep you occupied for hours (or maybe days) at a stretch .
    Review of: National Gallery of Modern Art
    Written 31 August 2023
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  • Tapan ROY SARKAR
    Mumbai, India64 contributions
    Should have been maintained better given the historical importance of the place.
    It was an amazing experience to witness a piece of history that I have seen in my study books during my school days. The premises is maintained well but sufficient information about the structures are not provided. Still it is worth a visit.
    Review of: Jantar Mantar
    Written 4 June 2023
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  • Sandeep A
    Noida, India14 contributions
    Good Picnic
    I visited the National Science Center, Delhi today when it was a working day to avoid the rush of weekends. To my surprise, it did not have any rush during first half. I liked experiments of Second floor more than any other floor. 4 Shows were also enjoyed. Particularly 7-D show was amazing. Canteen has limited capability to handle the audience and service is also quite slow. Government must repair the equipment so that our next generations can draw inspiration from the same.
    Review of: National Science Centre
    Written 22 September 2023
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  • aditya s
    6 contributions
    Planets
    It has a small museum with space suit and sarellite model. History of space explorqtuon8 to tickle young minds. 3D show is reasonably good experience.

    TIPS
    book tickets online.
    Reach half an hour beforehand and not much in advance since there is not much to do apart from show.

    PM sangrahalaya museum is just besides planetarium. Plan your day such that you can do both on same day if possible.
    Review of: Nehru Museum & Planetarium (Teen Murti Bhavan)
    Written 26 May 2023
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  • amyAtlantaGA
    Atlanta, GA90 contributions
    Highlight of trip to Delhi
    I visited this museum with our group of 10 folks. The museum guide that took us around was very knowledgeable. If you're interested in traditional crafts in India this is the place to go. We also had lunch there (scheduled in advance) and it was delicious. This museum was developed to support improving access to traditional Indian crafts.. as well as support for local artists (it has residencies). A mission to be supported by all. It also was green and wonderfully quiet.. a respite from the hubbub of urban India!
    Review of: Sanskriti Museum of Everyday Art
    Written 28 January 2020
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  • Talcom
    1 contribution
    A Place that will memerise you, whether you are a child or the father
    For record, this is the only museum I have been to not once but twice for the amusement it has to offer is not something you should refrain from sharing with travel buddies whether they are friends or family. So once, I chose to go with a friend and the second time I accompanied my family and I can't really decide who liked it better. In spite of the age differences and gaps, we all seemed to love it equally. On one end was my baby brother whose whole life is surrounded with toys while on the other was my granny on whose mind, dolls would be the last thing.
    Along with a rich history of how the great Shankar Pillai managed to capture culture and History in a museum just through dolls to inspire any adult student of social sciences to the point of captivating the fantasies of an 8 year old to take those dolls home, the museum doesn't fail to amaze you whoever you are and whatever age group you belong to. For the mothers torn between their favourite historical monument and their child's dream amusement park, this is the place your whole family would explore in unison with no complaints.
    Review of: Shankar's International Dolls Museum
    Written 15 October 2020
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  • Madhulika L
    Noida, India4,599 contributions
    Very interesting
    The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets is part of the organization's institute of sanitation. Surrounded by green gardens (it's very fertile, and you can guess why - these plants get some of the best manure in town!), the museum is free for visitors. You can visit any day of the week; they're open most days from 10 to 6, on Sundays and other holidays from 10 to 5.

    There are two parts to the museum: an outdoor area and an indoor one. The outdoor one is devoted to Sulabh's work of setting up cheap, eco-friendly toilets that are accessible to all. Under an outdoor covered stretch, there are lots of different models of toilets, for different capacities, and showing the working of different types of cess pits, and so on. In the adjoining gardens, there are three statues symbolizing the work of Sulabh: of Gandhiji, Dr Ambedkar, and Dalit woman.

    The most informative part of the museum is indoors, where, across one medium-sized room, there is crammed tons of information about toilets, hygiene and sanitation, and related aspects. There are framed sections of abundant text about everything from historical toilets (in Harappa, Babylon, Rome, medieval Europe, the forts of India, etc) to toilet etiquette in ancient India, to the norms about peeing and pooping in public, disposal of waste, and so on. There are astounding (and hilarious) anecdotes; inventions and innovations through the ages; toilet humour; crazy news (one about a gem-encrusted toilet seat Jennifer Lopez used to lug around as her own private porta-potty); and much, much more. There are models, of discreetly concealed old commodes, disguised as grand chairs or stacks of leather-bound books; of various types of toilets and disposal systems. There are even actual commodes, such as an incinerator, a tent-compatible toilet, a porta-potty, and so on.

    The text is well-written, the exhibits carefully curated and very informative. The problem is that it's not very thoughtfully arranged; most of the text is in the form of framed sections, the paper all yellowed, the images faded. Sometimes the text is hung too high to be easily visible, and some of it is just too much text, without much relief.

    But, despite those drawbacks, still an amazingly interesting museum. To understand the entire history of toilets and sanitation around the world, this is the place to come.
    Review of: Sulabh International Museum of Toilets
    Written 1 June 2022
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  • SAROJ8585
    Bokaro Steel City, India1,500 contributions
    NICE MUSEUM
    The indian air force museum is located at the Palam air force station.It stores the rich history of Indian air force.In this museum photographs of brave officers are displayed .many war aircrafts are also kept here.
    Review of: Indian Air Force Museum
    Written 4 June 2020
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  • Kamran Hussain
    12 contributions
    Must Visit Once
    You will have a good fun experience. Good for a perfect day out. Good for clicking pics for Insta and for pics lover.
    Review of: Museum Of Illusions New Delhi
    Written 25 July 2023
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