Art Museums In Hyderabad That You Must Visit

Hyderabad, a beautiful city known for its rich cultural heritage with mosques, churches, temples, monuments, varied heritage in arts, crafts and dance enabled the city to preserve its culture from years. Another feather in the cap is a number of museums that add attraction to this royal city.

The Hyderabad Museums showcase a huge collection of arts and antiquities clubbed with information that imparts deep knowledge of the culture and civilization. To list a few famous museums in Hyderabad:

Salar Jung Museum

The Salar Jung museum is known for the passion for arts and antiques. Located on the southern bank of Musi river in Hyderabad, this museum is known to be the largest one-man collection in the world and serves as a paradise for the connoisseurs of arts. This museum stands as the special one since it has historical things crossing the count of 43,000, about 47,000 printed books and manuscripts touching 10,000. Besides all this, other attractions there are - sculptures, paintings, textiles, aircrafts, carvings, etc., from China, Nepal, Egypt, Japan, North America etc.

Timings- 10 am to 5 pm (Closed on Friday)
Entry fee- (adults-Rs 10), (children-Rs 5)

The Nizam’s Museum

The museum displays the last Nizam of Hyderabad The museum showcases the antiques and souvenirs of the affluent Nizam family. The collection includes gifts from visiting heads of state, such as pieces of gold and early 20th-century vintage cars. You can have a look inside the wardrobe where the nizam’s kept their clothes. The nizam wore each item of clothing only once before they were thrown away, so no originals are left. This beautiful museum was created at the command of the seventh and the final Nizam.

Timings- 10 am to 5 pm (Open for all days)
Entry fee- (adults-65), (children- 15)

AP State Museum

A perfect place for art lovers. AP (Andhra Pradesh) museum has a huge collection of stone and metal sculptures. The building is a fine model of Indo- Saracenic architecture. AP state museum is the richest museum of arts and objects of the country. You cannot ignore the stunning museum building while going by the public gardens.

Timings- 10:30 am to 5 pm (Open for all days)
Entry fee- (adults-Rs 10), (children-Rs 5)

City Museum

The City Museum of Hyderabad is the official residence of the Nizam. The museum was built commemorating the honorable last Nizam of the state. Presently, it is being used as a school for industrial training. The museum is also widely acclaimed for housing the stylish terracotta figurines of Europe, Neolithic pots, megalithic sites, and coins of the Satavahana period. Witnessing ancient objects like gifts and mementos, which unravel the royalty in the tenure of Nizams is again nothing less than an exclusive moment.

Timings- Mon to Thu- 9 am to 5 pm, Fri to Sat- 9 am until midnight,  Sun- 11 am to 5 pm

Natural History Museum

This museum comprises of a Lion Safari Park that is lovely. The museum exhibits stuffed birds, ancient artifacts and dummied which can be seen. This museum represents Hyderabad culture through its items that are displayed in the museum and let people know the importance of those items. The exploration can be done and knowledge can be gain so do not forget to visit this museum if you are visiting in Hyderabad

Timings- All days of the week 10:00 am - 5:00 pm., Sunday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

So now have a fun-filled outing with a little pinch of history in it by visiting these art museums that are too good to be missed!