Museums
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.
The museum contains a Buddhist gallery, Brahmanical & Jain gallery, Bronze
gallery, Arms & Armour gallery, Numismatics gallery, Ajanta gallery and
more. Adjacent to the State Museum is the Contemporary Art Museum.
Timings: 10:30am to 5pm
Close: Fridays
Photography: by permission
How to Reach This Place
Road : Hyderbad, being Capital city is well conected by Road from all
major cities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra and Orissa.
Rail : Being headquarter of South Central Railway , Well connected from
all major cities of India.
Hyderabad & Secunderabad Rly Stations.
Air : Has international airport.
Amaravati Museum, Amaravati
The collection includes the antiquities from other Buddhist sites in Andhra
Pradesh belonging to the 3rd Century BC to about the 12th Century AD, a gold
necklace from Gummadidurru, relic-caskets with bone-relics and gold flowers.
The exhibits in the Museum are arranged in different galleries.
Gallery I
This gallery displays some of the selected examples of the art-tradition of
Amaravati, besides an inscribed relief of Buddha from Gummadidurru. Image of
Buddha, Coins, Beads, Terracotta, Pottery, Drum slabs, Dome-slabs, Pillars &
Rail fragments and Miscellaneous Sculptures.
Gallery II
The exhibits in the gallery comprise a few early relics of the 2nd Century BC,
inscribed pillars, drum & dome slabs,Two Buddha images from Alluru and a
stone-wheel from Lingarajapalli.
How to Reach
35 km Guntur and 70 km from Vijayawada. From Guntur, Amaravati is well connected
by bus and there are frequent buses from Guntur. Private transport is also available.
How to Reach This Place
By Road : Amaravati is located 34 kms from Guntur. It is well connected
by Road.
By Rail : Amaravati is 34 kms from Guntur Railway station.
By Air : Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad Airport.
The 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.
The museum is open between 10.00 am and 5.00 pm on all days except Fridays.
2 Km from Charminar and 1 km from Salar Jung museum.
How to Reach This Place
Road : Hyderbad, being Capital city is well conected by Road from
all major cities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra and
Orissa.
Rail : Being headquarter of South Central Railway , Well connected from
all major cities of India. Hyderabad & Secunderabad Rly Stations.
Air : Has international airport.
The 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.
APTDC has a Pongali snack bar here. Ph: 040-4523211/2.
Timings
10 am to 5 pm(except on friday).
How to Reach This Place
Road : Hyderbad, being Capital city is well conected by Road from
all major cities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra and
Orissa.
Rail : Being headquarter of South Central Railway , Well connected from
all major cities of India. Hyderabad & Secunderabad Rly Stations.
Air : Has international airport
