Description of the attraction
The State Museum of Hyderabad is currently the oldest and one of the most interesting museums in this city. It was started back in 1915 by the Nizam of Golconda Mir Osman Ali Khan, who, in order to preserve the cultural heritage of his homeland, created the Department of Archeology, which was engaged in excavation, collection and storage of archaeological finds. Subsequently, a huge collection of antiques (coins, paintings, statues, weapons) was gathered. For the sake of this collection in 1930, a whole museum was created. It was originally called simply the Hyderabad Museum, but in 1968 it received state status and is now under the care of the state government. It is located on the territory of a public park (Pablic Garden) and is a rather interesting structure built in the Indo-Saracen style.
The entire exposition of the museum consists of several thematic galleries: bronze, Buddhist, numismatic, as well as galleries dedicated to brahmins, armor and weapons, manuscripts, textiles, etc. The museum collection also contains letters and photographs of Mahatma Gandhi. In addition, since 1950, museum workers have begun collecting paintings by contemporary artists. The main ones are the galleries of Indian and Buddhist sculpture. So in the Indian Gallery you can see a remarkable collection of coins, which is the second largest in the world, after the collection of the British Museum in London.
There is also a library on the territory of the museum, the collection of books of which will be interesting to everyone who is fond of history, archeology and museum affairs.
All exhibits of the museum are unique and priceless. So in the collection there is even a genuine mummy of the daughter of the sixth pharaoh of Egypt. The mummy was presented to the museum by the seventh nizam of Hyderabad.
