Experts' Choice Award Indian Museum (Jadu Ghar)
What the experts agree on
Asia's largest and oldest museum housed in a colonial palace, packed with India's most comprehensive collections—natural history, antiquities, and unexpected treasures that locals call the "House of Magic.
“Mostly a loveably old-fashioned place that fills a large colonnaded palace ranged around a central lawn.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's "Containing things beautiful, unusual, and ancient, the museum is known to locals as Jadu Ghar, the House of Magic." Full review
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The textiles-and-decorative-arts gallery is most impressive. It can be difficult to find, however -- ask for assistance.
Fodor's "India's oldest museum has one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in Asia, including one of the best natural-history collections in the world." Full review
