Top 5 Museums of India

New Delhi: India has been a witness to a royal past. Many sagas have occurred on the land of India. India has gone through various periods.From Mughal Period to British Empire, from the ferocious battles to eternal love, India has seen it all.Different eras of history have left their imprints in some or the other form in the country.While we can see the remains of the periods in the form of various historical buildings, there have also been various artifacts that actually depicts the actual story of their respective periods.Such unique things are preserved in museums so that the royal past and its treasure can be cherished by present and the coming generations.Here we present you a list of top 5 museums of the country: Hawa Mahal MuseumLocated in the pink city of the country Jaipur, Hawa Mahal Museum is situated inside the Hawa Mahal.One of the enthralling sites of Jaipur, Hawa Mahal was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh.The architectural design of Hawa Mahal was made by Lal Chand Ustad and the five-storey pyramidal shaped monument is built in red and pink coloured sand stone.The Museum was built in 1983 and comprises of sculptural heritage from Ganeshwar, Virat Nagar, Raid, Sambhar and Nagar and exhibition things are terracotta, antiquities, fish hooks, arrow heads, swords, helmets and belongings of the Maharajas of Jaipur.Bharat Kala BhavanEstablished in 1920 A.D. the Bharat Kala Bhavan is an art and architecture museum, located inside the BHU Campus.Bharat Kala Bhavan comprises of an immense collection miniature paintings from the courts of Mughals and other royal Kingdoms.It also features collection of paintings, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and other materials of archeological importance.The main feature of Bharat Kala Bhavan museum is the figure of a man standing on one leg and one hand on his hip and lifting a mass of stone above his head, with one hand, which is said to be of Lord Krishna, lifting Mount Govardhana.Nehru Memorial MuseumLocated on the Teen Murti Marg in Delhi, the Nehru Memorial Museum was founded in 1964 after the death of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.Earlier a residence of the British Commander-in-Chief during the British Raj, the Nehru Memorial Museum was designed by a famous architect named Robert Tor Russel.The colonial style building which was also once a residence of Jawaharlal Nehru, who stayed for around 16 years, preserve and reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement.The library along with museum comprises of bulk of Mahatma Gandhi's writings.A digitization project for the archives of the library was launched in March 2010. Prince of Wales MuseumLocated near the Gateway of India, Mumbai, Prince of Wale Museum, is presently known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.Founded in the early 20th century, the museum was built to commemorate the visit of the then Prince of Wales.Built in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, the Prince of Wales Museum comprises of a good collection of ancient Indus Valley artifacts dating back to 2000 BC, plus some priceless Tibetan and Nepali Art.The architecture of the museum also depicts the other architectural styles like Mughal, Maratha and Jain.The main feature of the Prince of Wales Museum is the collection of over 2000 miniature paintings from the various art schools of India. Indian MuseumLocated in Kolkata, the Indian Museum is the largest and the oldest museum of the country.Founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal India in 1814, the Indian Museum comprises of extraordinary collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.The Indian museum also displays extraordinary paintings and artifacts of both ancient and modern India.It also comprises of ash remains of Lord Buddha, which is one of the valued assets of the Indian Museum.The main features of the Indian museum comprises of Egyptian mummy, a gallery that exhibits a marvelous collection of 50,000 coins, Kalighat Pal, Tibetan Thankas, and other rare paintings.