There are many museums in India but exploring one of the largest museums is something special. Let me take you to this museum which is known as The National Museum. It is located at the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road in New Delhi exhibiting a wide variety of articles belonging to pre historic time till today. It came into existence after India got independence in the year 1949. This rich museum is managed, funded and run by the Department of Culture under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The articles or work of arts displayed in this museum dates back to five thousand years till today. The museum houses exhibits from India as well as foreign countries with a total exhibits of 200000. If you are an art lover this place will be a paradise for you as you will get to explore here the finest of the art works collected over a period of time domestic as well as international.There is a story behind the inception of this wonderful rich collection of works of art. An exhibition of art works was held in Royal Academy of London during 1947- 48. After the exhibition it was decided that the same articles should be exhibited in India as well. So therefore an exhibition of the same artefacts was organised in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the year 1949 and the response was so huge that government of India decided to open an Art museum for Art lovers in India. And thus idea materialised to open the museum but the space was not decided yet that is why Rashtrapati Bhavan became the temporary location for the museum. this museum was officially inaugurated on 15th August 1949 by the hands of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari who was the Governor General of India. Currently the museum runs in a new building whose corner stone was laid by the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 12th May 1955. For general public the National Museum was opened only on 18th December 1960.This museum has extremely rich collection of Indian cultural heritage with a rare amalgamation of ancient and modern art. There is a section displaying Buddhist sacred art relics belonging to fourth and fifth centuries found in Piprehwa in Basti District. Various archaeological articles, arms, armour, decorative art pieces, manuscripts, sculptures of stone & bronze from Chola era, articles of Indus Valley Civilization, miniature paintings, oil paintings, jewellery, collection of Hindu statues, Central Asian Antiques, Anthropological section displaying Tribal art, Maritime heritage, pre Columbian art, etc. forms the wealthy collection of the museum. this museum is just not exhibits artefacts from past to present but also has branches of publication, Public Relation, Education section, separate Library, Exhibition section, display, modelling, photography, security along with administration. It also houses a very advanced well equipped laboratory which works in the field of restoration of organic as well as inorganic art forms along with giving training to aspiring students, professionals, etc.The National Museum Institute of Art, Conservation and Museology also situated in the museum complex. It was started in the year 1983 but since 1989 it is a deemed university. The courses offered in here include Masters and Doctoral programmes in History of Arts, Art Conservation, Art Restoration, etc.Timings of the MuseumFrom 10.00 am to 5.00 pmDaysIt is open on all days of week except on Mondays.Entrance chargeFor Indians – Rs. 10 per head (Rs. 150 extra if want audio guide)For Foreigners – Rs. 300 per head with audio guideCamera charges – Rs. 300займ на карту без отказов круглосуточновзять кредит онлайн