The Nizam's Museum

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The Nizam's Museum
Purani Haveli Museum
The Silver Jubliee Museum
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The Nizam's Museum
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The Nizam's Museum (India)
EstablishedFebruary 18, 2000;25 years ago (2000-02-18)
Location Purani Haveli, Hyderabad
Coordinates 17°21′59″N78°28′58″E / 17.36649°N 78.48285°E / 17.36649; 78.48285
TypeGeneral interest
CollectionsPaintings, daggers, swords, aeroplane models, artefacts, gifts, memorabilia
OwnerThe Nizam’s Jubilee Pavilion Trust
Website http://www.thenizamsmuseum.com/


TheNizam's Museum or H.E.H Nizam's Museum is a museum located in Hyderabad at Purani Haveli, a palace of the erstwhile Nizams. [1] This museum showcases the gifts that the last Nizam of Hyderabad State, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII received on his silver jubilee celebrations. [2] The museum is a repository mainly of souvenirs, gifts and mementos presented by dignitaries to the last Nizam on the occasion of the silver jubilee celebrations in 1936. Models made of silver of all the landmark buildings in Hyderabad, with citations about them in Urdu. [3]

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History

The museum was opened on 18 February 2000 by the Nizam Trust to the general public.

2018 Theft of Gold Artefacts

This museum became part of international news in September 2018 when two thieves managed to steal several gold artefacts studded with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds by breaking into the museum at night. [4] [5] Both culprits were caught by the police the following week and security at the museum was beefed up after the incident. [6] [7]

Collections

A golden throne used for the silver jubilee celebrations of the last Nizam, a gold tiffin box inlaid with diamonds, miniature replica of the Jubilee Hall, glass inlaid painting of Mir Osman Ali Khan, a wooden writing box studded with mother-of-pearl, diamonds and other precious stone studded golden daggers, caskets, and silver ittardans (perfume containers) presented by the Raja of Palvancha, Silver coffee cups studded with diamonds and silver filigree elephant with mahout, replica made of silver of a tree with Lord Krishna playing are on display. [8] [9] [10]

A 1930 Rolls-Royce, Packard and a Jaguar Mark V are among the vintage cars on display.

The museum also features the wardrobe of the sixth nizam which was also the world's biggest (176 ft long) or largest walk through wardrobe and is one of its kind, a 150-year-old manually operated lift, and 200-year-old proclamation drums.

See also

The Nizam’s Museum Full tour

References

  1. ↑ Jafri, Syed Amin. "A Peep into the past". rediff.com. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Unveiling the past". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Nizam's Museum".
  4. ↑ "Thieves who stole gold tiffin box, cup worth over Rs 100 crore from Nizam Museum arrested". India Today. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nizam's multi-crore gold tiffin box found, thief used it to carry his food". Deccan Chronicle. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  6. ↑ Vudali, Srinath. "Hyderabad Police nabs 2 for theft at Nizam Museum; stolen valuable recovered". Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (5 September 2018). "A museum begging to be burgled". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Nizam Museum". Times of India Travel. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. ↑ Sudhir, Uma. "Thief Used Hyderabad Nizam's Gold Tiffin Box To Eat Every Day: Police". NDTV. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Janyala, Sreenivas (12 September 2018). "Hyderabad: Two held in museum theft case, police say they wanted to get taste of Nizam luxury". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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