Hyderabad Travelogue Destination 2- Salar Jung Museum🕰️

Salar Jung Museum, located at Dar-ul-Shifa in Hyderabad, Telangana is one of the three National Museums of India. It houses a collection of over 1 million artefacts from the 18th and 19th century. Some of the displays include paintings, carvings, textiles, clocks, carpets and furniture from India, Nepal, Burma, China, Japan, Persia, Egypt, Europe and North America. Salar Jung Museum is spread out on two floors and has 38 galleries.

The museum from outside — View from outside

Full length ancient mirror — Ancient mirror

Double Wooden Statue with man and woman — A man and a woman carved into a single statue

Chaturbhuja Vaishnavi sculpture from 9th Century AD, India — Chaturbhuja Vaishnavi sculpture from the 9th Century AD, India

Miniature model of Nawab Salar Jung III — Miniature model of the Nawab Salar Jung III

Ivory carving boat — Ivory carving No. 1

Persons carved in ivory tusk — Ivory carving No. 2

Elephants big to small ivory carving — Ivory carving No. 3

Miniature Military models — Model canons and soldiers

Submarines and warships — Model submarines and warships

Air Force flying machine models — Model aircrafts

Britain's Royal Lancaster Ship model — Model of Britain’s Royal Lancaster ship

Army vehicle models — Model Army vehicles

Vehicle and machine models used by Army — Model Army canons

British Army soldier models — Model British Army soldiers

British Cavalry models — Model British Cavalry soldiers

British Air Force models — Model British Air Force aircrafts

Army and Artillery models — Model Army and Artillery

I spent many hours at the Salar Jung Museum. If you have a love for history, don’t rush through the exhibits. Although you can also click pictures of the artefacts, I suggest you see them through your eyes and not those of your phone camera!

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