Speciality Museums in New Delhi
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- ALRUWAILIRiyadh, Saudi Arabia1,849 contributionsA beautiful and spacious garden, worth a visit. Entry is free, just register your name in the visitors' book. There is also a museum nearby.Written 23 October 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- ALRUWAILIRiyadh, Saudi Arabia1,849 contributionsA beautiful museum that tells stories and days from the life of the great Indian Gandhi. Entry is free. It witnesses many groups visiting and watching, especially students.Written 23 October 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Dishika12New Delhi, India20 contributionsMindblowing trip, people with an interest in History must advise to visit during their visit to New Delhi. Advised to carry a water bottle and a small handbag only. The museum organizes many exhibitions and provides free guides. you can watch dancing girl, Buddha relics, and many other antiquities.Written 24 March 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- johnsonrheniuslucknow134 contributionsA must visit for children to get educated on the various types of train. There is also a toy train ride.
Children will enjoy as there is information on every aspect of train operation like signalling etcWritten 4 November 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Navigator335152691191 contributionSanjeev ji is one the best guide he is a excellent narrator who created interest in the heritage explained each and every thing so smoothly museum has a huge collection of artifacts, paintings, sculptures, and coins, and that the president picture gallery and the APJ abdul kalam paintings sections are outstanding. I recommend each and everyone to visit museum with himWritten 1 December 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Madhulika LNoida, India6,729 contributionsThe 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.Written 1 June 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - aditya s10 contributionsIt has a small museum with space suit and sarellite model. History of space explorqtuon8 to tickle young minds. 3D show is reasonably good experience.
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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.Written 26 May 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - SAROJ8585Bokaro Steel City, India1,511 contributionsThe 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.Written 4 June 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- JimmyChandigarh, India10 contributionsIt is a fun place for children to spend about an hour or so in the hustle and bustle of CP area. It has two sections of illusions and youbare gonna enjoy each one of them...Click some photographs for memories..the staff is quite friendly and help you to take beautiful funny crazy pictures..
Food not so good.. try outside food junctions in CP..Written 7 March 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Sumedh VLalitpur, India366 contributionsExperience good things and pay respect to my teacher i.e. Loard Buddha Relics kept in the Museum. Thanks one and all specially Ven. Virak Cambodia Monk student in Delhi University.Written 1 August 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Anirban D18 contributionsGood fun places for children to visit. Small children have not only fun, but they can learn the culture & dress habits of different countries & states of India. Tickets are 10 for children & 35 for adults. More than 5000 dolls are there.Written 9 November 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Cedric NMumbai, India693 contributionsHad visited this crafts museum in New Delhi a long back ago. This museum is a popular tourist attraction and is visited by tourists.
This museum located at the corner of Pragati Maidan. It is commonly known as National Crafts Museum. This museum houses a village showcasing wooden artifacts, embroidery, artificial jewelry, handicrafts etc. It also has an auditorium, a laboratory, research and documentation facilities etc. This museum is run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. There are various galleries within the museum. It is open from 9.30 am to 5 pm. This museum is closed on Mondays. It is accessible from Pragati Maidan metro railway station. Had admired the different types of handicrafts and observed the Craftsmen creating the beautiful handicrafts as a school going child.
This museum is an ideal place for families as well as school children. It is a must visit place and should not be missed when in New Delhi.Written 10 January 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Sonja LNew Delhi, India12 contributionsHad a great time at the EXPO, a must see
They have a beautiful garden. And inside was very quiet. A monk gave me the holy book as a gift and I really enjoyed the light-show. I was a woman on my own and I was the only one to see the light show, but a security lady escorted me, i was very happy.Written 27 November 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - johnsonrheniuslucknow134 contributionsThere are two buildings and both the museums are very good. A learning journey through history
The place is well maintainedWritten 4 November 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Madhulika LNoida, India6,729 contributionsOne of the Delhi Metro’s important stations (also one of its earliest stations to be opened) is the one at Patel Chowk. Here, above the platforms but within the station’s premises, is the Metro Museum, a small two-gallery museum that focuses on the work of the Delhi Metro.
The museum includes a set of models of different trains used by the Metro; it also has a model (along with a detailed description of how it works) of a tunnel-boring machine, as well as a cross-section of a machine. There are full-size mannequins sporting the different uniforms worn by DMRC’s workers, a tool kit used for maintenance, and the different types of helmets worn. There is a history of the DMRC and the phases in which work has been carried out to take the NCR’s Metro network to where it is now.
For me, one of the most interesting bits about the museum was a section on ‘interesting facts about the Delhi Metro’: how many escalators across the network (1,000), the deepest station (Hauz Khas, 30 mt), the highest point (Dhaula Kuan, as tall as a 7-storey building), tallest escalator in India (Janakpuri West), how many times the Metro’s train doors open and close in a day (25 lakh), and so on. This was really fascinating and impressive.
There’s no entrance fee for the Museum, which is basically just a series of exhibits on either side of the passage leading to the exit gates. However, since it is within the area between the exit gates and the platforms, you do need to have a smart card or token in order to view it.Written 30 November 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
