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India is a melting pot of cultures. If you are planning to skate over them, Delhi would be the best place to start from. As the nation capital, the city is full of surprises, both pleasant and otherwise. Museums here have a huge role in the long heritage of straddling diversities. Delhi museums welcome you with its quiet ambience and promise you an experience of a life time. When past and present merge as one, future becomes a bit indistinct. This is a rare feeling. So enjoy it while it lasts.

The Crafts Museum is designed with a rural touch. It house traditional Indian crafts, wooden carvings and images, metal ware, clay and terracotta pots, toys and images, folk and tribal paintings, jewellery and textiles. Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, Nehru Museum and Gandhi Museum with its many curios from their lives are preserved with much care for the future generations. National Museum is set up by Indian Navy. It has a set of antique crafts, carved images and other such artifacts.

The National Museum of Natural History is mainly focused on ecology. The display boards the natural resources of earth, which is the unique aspect of the museum. Carrying rail engines with the story of the Indian Railways, the exhibited rails and engines are of extra ordinary derivation. National Science Centre Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art are constant source of delight to art lovers and young Einsteins. A rare example of art and science compatibility!

Sangeet Natak Akademi is an archive of audio and video tapes, photographs and films performing art. Sanskriti Museum as the name indicates showcases various trends of culture. Shankar's International Dolls Museum presents before your eyes every kind of doll imaginable. The dolls are dressed in the costume of the country from which they are collected. With a collection of painted scrolls depicting the life of Buddha, old currency notes, head pieces, prayer objects & musical instruments called Tankhas; the Tibet House Museum is an exquisite treat to mind, body and soul.

The government’s attempt to preserve the country’s heritage to future generations is indeed praiseworthy. Be it citizen or foreigner, one is duty bound to do the same. Not surprisingly, museums are usually semi-deserted with an eerie silence except in peak seasons. But rather than depressing, it is quite enjoyable. You do not need to be an art lover or an artist yourself to gape open-mouthed at the wonders brought back from centuries. How much ever people pretend that museums are boring, nobody can deny that there is a certain magic about them.