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 hyderabad museum tour

(Salarjung museum-AP State museum-Birla Science museum)

Salarjung Museum - houses one of the biggest one-man collections of antiques of the world by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III. The objects d'art include Persian carpets, Mughal miniatures, Chinese porcelain, Japanese lacquerware, famous sculptures including the Veiled Rebecca and Marguerite and Mephistopheles, a superb collection of jade, daggers belonging to Queen Noor Jahan and the Emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb's sword and many other fabulous items.

There are 38 galleries in the Museum spread on two floors. The ground floor has 20 galleries, and the first floor has 18 galleries. Even then, the total exhibited art objects constitute a little over 25% of the entire collection.
The present building has many co-ordinating sections such as the Education Wing, Chemical Conservation Laboratory, Photo section, display section, Reception and a Sales counter. It has a caretaker section and is equipped with a separate security Wing to safeguard the art collection round the clock.
 

AP State Museum - Originally the museum was known as "Hyderabad museum", also the oldest one, located in the Public Garden of Hyderabad City. The Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, wanted to preserve the cultural heritage in his state and also took steps to extend the treasure trove act of the British ruled dominions to his state and also created the Department of Archaeology under the stewardship of Dr. Ghulam Yuzdani in 1915. The Museum then known as the "Hyderabad Museum" started the collection of works of the contemporary artists from 1949-50. In 1968 the name of the museum was changed to "State Museum, Hyderabad". It is administered by State Govt. of A.P. There are many galleries devoted to Stone Sculptures, Bronzes, Weapons, Arms & Armoury, Copies of Ajanta murals, Manuscripts, Textiles, Bidri ware, coins, modern paintings, miniatures, sculptures etc. Though there is a vast textile collection it has not been displayed alongwith other objects. By nature, the State Museum is mainly research oriented and has brought out several publications in connection with its variety of collections.
  
The museum has the two main galleries of Buddhist and Hindu sculpture. The Buddhist antiquities are dated to 2nd CAD to 3rd CAD. The Hindu sculptural gallery represents the sculptures of Chalukyan period by Vijayanagara period. It has a rich collection of coins said to be the second in the world, next to the British Museum, London. It has nearly 14,000 gold coins, besides 1,00,000 silver, potin, lead, and copper coins belonging to various dynasties in general and particular in Andhra Pradesh. The highest collection of manuscripts consisting mainly of the Holy Quran in more number of different nature, which are interesting in historic, artistic and calligraphic point of view, are available in the museum. These illuminated manuscripts display is of a very high artistic taste, which reflects the lavish taste of the oriental royalty and nobility. Now the department is planning to document all these rare and more significant collection on computers for ready reference and passing on the information to other museums wherever necessity arises, and also to the public. It is also contemplating to publish catalogues, guidebooks on museums, picture post cards etc.

In addition to the above, there is a library at the Museum, consisting of books more on the museum subjects, which are more useful to scholars and researchers in the subjects concerned.

• Buddhist Gallery

• Bahmanical And Jain Gallery

• Wooden Chariot (Temple Ratha)

• Kakatiya Mandapa

• Bronze Gallery

• Manuscripts

• Arms & Armour Gallery

• Egyptian Mummy

• Numismatics Gallery

• Paintings Gallery

• Textiles

• Bidri ware

• Porcelene And Chinaware

BM Birla Science Museum - in the heart of the picturesque city of Hyderabad on the panoramic hillock of Naubat Pahad. Overlooking the beautiful Hussain sagar.
It houses a number of sections such as a Planetarium, a Science Museum, the Center for Applicable Mathematics and Computer Sciences, a Science projects division and so on. Truly a place for the dissemination of scientific awareness which continues to mold the masses into bright future citizens. Some also call it "an everyman's university" !

• Invisible string: Run your palm across the wooden instrument blocking the light within it, and revel in the melodious raagas it produces.

• Pendulum patterns: Pour sand in a funnel suspended with the help of a string, rotate it and leave it to find out how exactly a pendulum works.

• Diffraction: Helps one understand the concept.

Tour Booking Code: CVSS-03

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