Museums in Delhi

Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum located at Barkhamba Road, New Delhi. This museum having structures of different kind of animals, huge dinosaur and huge birds of pre historic ages in FICCI building. The Discovery Room also appreciable.

Tourist may easily reach to this destination with using of Delhi Metro Service directly from our Sargam Bed and Breakfast Guest House, Dwarka.

View the film show from 11-30 to 15-30.
Open daily at 10-00 to 17-00, no ticket is required.
Tel: 3314849.

National Museum

The National Museum is very interesting spot and it is located very close to famous India Gate. The museum has a rich variety of all facets of ancient Indian history and also of central Asia. In fact the museum takes one through a fascinating journey of what ancient India was all about, pottery, rare coins, and numerous such things including art and architecture, costumes are for all to see. It's something every tourist should find time to visit even if the schedule is tight.

Collections from Mahenjadaro, Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan and antiques of prehistorical periods are on display. The history dated back to 5000 years is vividly displayed in the museum.

The collections of Indus civilization, Brahminical, Jain and Buddhist sculptural antiques are all there. The colour paintings of Mughal, Rajput, Deccan are praiseworthy. Besides, there are the holy Git Gobinda, the holy Mahabharata, the holy Bhagabat Gita in golden alphabet, Octogonal mini Quran, Babamama in Babar's handwriting, Jahangir's diary, musical instruments of more than 300 types, varieties of tribal dresses enriched the museum.

The antique collections of Sir Aurel Stein have added the attraction of the museum. The evolution of ornaments through ages from prehistoric era to recent modern time, its shape, size, design and pattern and of metalic combinations with or without jewel set are all on display in the ornament gallery of the museum. It draws tourists most.

There are many convenient options to visit this place from Sargam Bed and Breakfast Guest House and this is just 35 minutes drive from our guest house via Dhaula Kua and Shanti Path road.

Indira Memorial Museum

Indira Memorial Museum has been built at 1, Safdarjung road in memorium of Indira Gandhi, on May 27, 1985. A glass cage has covered the spot where her body fell down after Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own security persone on 31 Oct, 1984. Before being bullet sprayed in from point blank range, Indira was on her way along the garden road out of her residence.

At that place Czechoslovak Govt made artificial water flow by crystal on steel plate of 33´25 m. The crystal stream on the steel plate is designed and planned by the Czech architect Jaroslav Mirich. 3 rooms are full with articles which were in use by Indira. Photographs of Indira are also there. The blood-stained sari and other dress materials of Indira are chemically preserved in the museum. You may go inside the private chambers to view reading room, dinning room, Dewan-i-Aam, Dewan-i-Khas etc.

Open everyday from 10-00 to 17-00 (Except Monday).

National Gallery of Modern Art

Gallery of Modern Art located in the Jaipur House near India Gate. The building was the palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur. It has around 4,000 paintings of modern artists and also included are graphics and sculptures. The gallery arranges special exhibitions for those who wish to exhibit their works. Rabindranath, Abanindranath, Nanadalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Amrita Shergil and other's creative works are on display. This gallery has a huge collection of art and literature and journal on art and culture and painting of old and modern schooling. At Chanakyapuri behind Bhutan House, except Monday and national holidays, in the months of April to September daily between 9-30 to 19-00 and Oct-March Open from 10-00 to 17-00. The gallery also houses a library which can be used by museum, which is open from 1000 hours to 1700 hours, is closed on all holidays and observes Monday as its weekly off.

If tourist visits this place then they enjoy both National Modern Art Gallery and India Gate surrounding too. There are many transportation options to visit this place from Sargam Bed and Breakfast Guest House, Dwarka.