Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum

Description:

• As is so often the case in India, this museum suffers from poor curatorship, with exhibits -- which are marvelous -- haphazardly displayed and poorly labeled. You may even have trouble persuading the guards to turn on all the lights and show you the rooms behind the screen -- hence the need for a good guide. The miniature-painting collection is superb, as are many of the Hindu and Buddhist sculptures and Mughal artifacts, though again, without a guide there is no way to know, for instance, that the otherwise nondescript coin behind the glass was minted by the Mughal emperor Akbar -- and in keeping with his legendary religious tolerance, it has a Hindu symbol printed on one side and an Islamic on the other. Set aside 2 hours to explore.

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010