Indian Museum

Frommer's Review

Containing things beautiful, unusual, and ancient, the museum is known to locals as Jadu Ghar, the House of Magic. The oldest institution of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, it holds the country's largest repository of artifacts (over 100,000 exhibits). Among the dinosaur and mammoth skeletons and the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy are extraordinary Indian cultural items, including Shah Jahan's emerald goblet, and an urn said to contain the Buddha's ashes. Don't miss the cultural anthropology section -- accompanied by good explanations -- if you are interested in India's many tribal groups. The textiles-and-decorative-arts gallery is most impressive. It can be difficult to find, however -- ask for assistance.

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