The National Museum in Delhi is India's second largest museum that stores variety of objects from the pre-historic era to the modern day works of art and culture. The exclusive collection at the National Museum covers things like archaeology, arms, armor, decorative arts, jewelry, manuscripts, paintings, and so on.
The collection at the National Museum include glimpses of Harappan Civilization in a gallery being jointly set by Archaeological Survey of India and the National Museum, which has a collection of different artifacts from the sites of Harappan civilization. The Archaeological Galleries has a prestigious collection of approximately 800 sculptures, whereas the gallery on Buddhism takes you through a spiritual journey of Buddhist art and culture.
Other collections at the national museum include, Indian Miniature Paintings, Indian Scripts and Coins, the Central Asian Arts Collection, Indian Textiles, Pre-Columbian and Western Art, wood carvings, musical instruments, tribal lifestyle of the North-East region of India, Arms and Armor, Temple Chariot and so on.
Meeting/pick-up point: Hotel of stay at 9.00am. Please contact your provider to confirm your pick up time for sightseeing / excursion.
Duration: Between three and four hours.
Start/opening time: At 9.30am.
End/closing time: National Museum remains closed on Monday year round.
Languages: English.