National Museum, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
4.0 (746 reviews) Monday: Spent Ranking #41 in New Delhi Speciality Museums
Excellent Heritage
Awesome history of india . very good relics collection . There are couple of issues though . We went on a sunday & as per google & print on the ticket the museum needs to be open till 8PM but they just pushed us out at 6PM . how much ever we proved the people were not ready to listen . on complaining they said complain the the manager but the said gent was not available & monday being holiday we could not . There are a lot of great stone sculptures outside & the sorry state of affairs is there are monkeys seated on them & peeing on them. Is this is the way our country is taking care of our heritage & that too in the national capital.
Address
Janpath, New Delhi 110011 India
Mobile
Website
http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 5:50
User Ratings
4.0 based on (746 reviews)
Reviews
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4AstroBloke 5:00 PM Mar 20, 2020
Wonderful collection, building needs some TLC...
This museum contains some wonderful exhibits highlighting India's cultural and archaeological heritage. But the building itself needs some TLC and is poorly organised and signposted. The audio guide is very helpful although it does tend to blather on at times. Note that westerners are charged significantly more than locals to enter, which we found to be not uncommon in India. I hate to mention this, but the toilets are a disgrace - squat toilets only, and no toilet paper provided. It's really not good enough in a national museum.
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3Alan B 5:00 PM Mar 31, 2020
Interesting but old fashioned museum
The museum has a very interesting collection. The section on ancient civilisations in North West India was of particular interest to us. Some galleries were closed for refurbishment when we were there but that didn't spoil our enjoyment. It is a relatively old fashioned museum and I don't think most children would find much to engage them. All written descriptions are in (I assume) Hindi and English so if you are English speaking it is fine. A good audio guide was available wihthin the ticket price and I think was in rather more languages. The entry is expensive by Indian standards, but moderate by european standards. We got the cheapest meal of our whole trip in the cafeteria. The food was good and tasty, but think slightly scruffy transport cafe in England not smart bistro and you will be fine.
