A.P.State Museum, Hyderabad
A visit to the Andhra Pradesh State Museum is a delight for art lovers. Located
in the picturesque Public Gardens, the museum boasts of one of the richest repositories
of antiques and art objects in the country. Built in 1928 by the Nizam VII,
the museum building itself is a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture.
more detailsThe Nizam's Museum, Hyderabad
Located in the stately Purani Haveli, the palace acquired around the year 1750
by the second Nizam is now converted into a museum with a fascinating collection.
The museum showcases the gifts and mementos presented to the last Nizam on the
occasion of the silver jubilee celebrations in 1936. A 1930 Rolls Royce, Packard
and a Mark V Jaguar are among the vintage cars displayed. There is an interesting
collection of models made in silver of all the prominent buildings of the city
and citations in Urdu about H.E.H. Mir Osman Ali Khan, gold burnished wooden
throne used for the silver jubilee celebrations, gold tiffin box inlaid with
diamonds, gold model of Jubilee Pavilion, silver coffee cups studded with diamonds
and silver filigree elephant with mahout are some of the notable items on display.
more detailsThe Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
This museum houses one of the biggest one-man collections of antiques of the
world by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III. The objets d'art include Persian
carpets, Moghal 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.
