Humayun Tomb World Heritage Site Museum:
The Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum is set to open for visitors. Nestled between Sunder Nursery and Humayun’s Tomb in Nizamuddin, Delhi, this museum promises to offer visitors a unique insight into the life and times of the second Mughal Emperor, Humayun.
Key Highlights of Humayun’s Tomb Site Museum:
- The museum is designed like a baoli (stepwell) and includes a 100-seat auditorium, temporary galleries, cafés, meeting rooms, and a library.
- Artefacts such as a pear-shaped water vessel belonging to Jauhar Aftabchi, a biographer of Humayun, and a helmet used by Humayun as a cooking vessel during his travels to Persia.
- The artefacts displayed in the museum are on loan from the National Museum for 10 years, ensuring a rich and varied display for visitors.
- Exhibits include coins from the reigns of 18 Mughal-era kings and the throne of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor.
- Coins from Akbar’s era with ‘Allah’ on one side and ‘Ram’ on the other. Expensive coins from Jahangir’s era. Rare coins minted by Bahadur Shah Zafar.
- Focuses on the architecture of Humayun’s Mausoleum and the emperor’s personality. Exhibits convey stories of Humayun’s travels, administration, interest in reading, astrology, the arts, and his patronage of architecture.
- Highlights four cultural figures associated with the Nizamuddin area from the 14th century: Sufi Saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Poet Amir Khusrau Dehalvi, Rahim, a commander-in-chief of Akbar’s army and poet, and Dara Shukoh, known for translating the Upanishads into Persian.
- Managed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the museum is part of a larger conservation effort encompassing the 300-acre Humayun’s Tomb-Sunder Nursery-Nizamuddin Basti area.
