Nizam Museum

Nizam Museum
Established 18 February 2000
Location Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Nizam'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 gifts and mementos presented 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, and citations in Urdu about [3]

History

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

2018 theft

This museum became part of the national news in September 2018 as two youths of Hyderabad managed to steal a Golden tiffin box and some valuable items by dodging the security of this museum and capturing CCTV cameras. But they were both soon caught by the police and the security of the museum was beefed up after the incident.[4][5]

Collections

A golden throne used for the silver jubilee celebrations of the Last Nizam, a gold tiffin box inlaid with diamonds, miniature repilica of the Jubilee Hall, glass inlay painting of Mir Osman Ali Khan. Also, a wooden writing box studded with mother-of-pearl, diamond and gold-studded 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 are on display. [6][7][8]

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, a 150-year-old manually operated lift, and 200-year-old proclamation drums.

References

  1. ↑ Jafri, Syed Amin. "A Peep into the past". rediff.com. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Unveiling the past". Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Nizam's Museum".
  4. ↑ "Hyderabad Police nabs 2 for theft at Nizam Museum; stolen valuable recovered". Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (2018-09-05). "A museum begging to be burgled". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Nizam Museum". Times of India Travel. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  7. ↑ Sudhir, Uma. "Thief Used Hyderabad Nizam's Gold Tiffin Box To Eat Every Day: Police". NDTV. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Janyala, Sreenivas (2018-09-12). "Hyderabad: Two held in museum theft case, police say they wanted to get taste of Nizam luxury". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

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