Established | 2013 |
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Location | Tauru, Nuh district, Haryana, India |
Type | Transportation museum |
Collections | Automobile Gallery, Pre-mechanised Transportation, Heavy Mechanised Transportation, Railways, Aviation, Rural Transportation, Two-Wheelers, Collectible India Toys on Transport, Historical Collections, Maritime Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery, Tribal Art |
The Heritage Transport Museum is India's major museum dealing with the history of human transportation. It is located at Tauru (Taoru) in the Nuh district of the state of Haryana. [1] The collection focuses on the development of transport in India. [2] It is situated on 3.01 acres and has 95,000 square feet of exhibition galleries. [2] When it opened in 2013 it became India's largest private museum. [3]
The museum is laid out in twelve collections: [1]
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