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| The Salar Jung Museum is well known throughout India for its prized collections belonging to different civilizations dating back to the 1st century. Situated on the southern bank of the Musi river in the city of Hyderabad has an exqusite collection of priceless articles like Ivory, Marble sculptures etc. |
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| The third largest museum in India housing the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the world is the Salarjung Museum. The seventh Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III (1889-1949), spent a substantial amount of his income over thirty five years to make this priceless collection. Over 48,000 objects has grown out of the rich and variegated collection acquired by them but more specifically by Mir Yusuf Ali Khan. After his death, in the absence of any direct descendents, the Indian Government appointed a committee to administer the Salar Jung Estate. |
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| 'Diwan Deodi' were formerly exhibited there as a private museum which was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951, the collections left behind in his ancestral palace. |
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| The present collection constitutes the original art wealth amassed by Salar Jung III. In 1968, the museum shifted to its present location at Afzalgunj. The museum is administered by a Board of Trustees with the Governor of Andhra Pradesh as ex-officio chairperson under the Salar Jung Museum Act of 1961. |
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| The major portion of this collection was acquired by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan popularly known as Salar Jung III, but quite a few items were inherited by him from his father Nawab Mir Laiq Ali Khan Salar Jung II and his grand father Nawab Mir Turab Ali Khan, Sir Salar Jung I. Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III . The Salarjung Museum is a royal treat to the connoisseurs with a collection of over 43000 art objects and 50000 books and manuscripts. |
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| The Nizams’ Jewellery is a collection of one hundred and seventy three exquisite pieces from the treasury of the erstwhile Nizams of Hyderabad - seven generations of the Asaf Jahi dynasty who ruled the Deccan. The wealthiest princely state in India, the State of Hyderabad joined the Union of India in September, 1948. After long drawn negotiations between the Trustees and the Government of India, the Government was finally able to acquire this Collection in 1995 for a sum of Rs 2,178,189,128. |
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| There is a gallery devoted to the illustrious Salarjung family, the Children's Section, a rich reference Library, reading room and a Rare Manuscripts Section with Arabic, Urdu Persian manuscripts which makes this museum a place of education and enjoyment for people from all walks of life |
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| Oil and watercolor paintings form an important part of the European Collection. Apart from several 19th cent British painters, the gallery also includes artists of the French, Italian & German schools. Also on display are Venetian glass, Sevres porcelain, Dresden China, Wedgwood pottery, English furniture, Greek sculptures etc. |
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| Indian Art, Middle Eastern Art, Far Eastern Art, European Art, Children Art along with a Founders gallery and a rare manuscript section are the collections included. |
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| Stone sculptures, bronze images, jade carvings, painted textiles, wood carvings, miniature paintings, modern art, ivory carvings, textiles, metal-ware, manuscript, arms & armour etc, are also included in Indian Art. |
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| The collection of carpets, paper (manuscripts), glass, metal-ware, furniture, lacquer etc. from Persia, Arabia, Syria, and Egypt contributes to the Middle Eastern Art. |
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| Collection of Far Eastern Art exhibit porcelain, bronze, enamel, lacquerware, embroidery, painting, wood & inlay work from China, Japan, Tibet, Nepal and Thailand etc. Oil and watercolor paintings form an important part of the European Collection. |
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| The museum infrastructure is a semicircular shape spread on two floors, with 38 galleries, displays only a part of the original collections. The ground floor and the first floor has 20 galleries, 18 galleries respectively. The exhibits on different subjects are displayed in separate galleries. |
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| A reference Library, reading room, publication and education section, chemical conservation lab, sales counter, cafeteria etc are present apart from gallaries. Guides are available at fixed timings free of charge. |
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| The visitor are greeted by bewildering variety and array of clocks in the clock room. In the form of obelisks there are ancient Sandiaers to huge and modern clocks of the twentieth century. Miniature clocks which need a magnifying glass to imbibe their beauty and complexity to stately grandfather clocks from as far away as France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Britain. The musical clock Salar Jung bought from Cook and Kelvy of England is a visual delight. Every hour, a timekeeper emerges from the upper deck of the clock to strike a gong as many times as it is the hour of the day. |
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| The museum is open from 10:00 to 17:00 (except on Fridays). |
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| To reach Salar Jung Museum
The Museum has an easy approach by road and rail. The important Railway Stations Kachiguda and Nampally are within a distance of three miles. Road transport buses run frequently from all parts of the city to Afzalgunj which is within walking distance from the Museum. |
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For general public Rs. 10/-
Students and children below 12 year Rs. 5/- |
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