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National Museum, New Delhi
The National Museum near Kartavya Path in New Delhi is one of India's largest and most rewarding cultural institutions, holding more than two lakh artefacts spanning sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, coins, decorative arts and textiles — everything, in short, from prehistory to the modern moment. Standing among these galleries is a single, compact place to witness the long, layered story of the subcontinent under one roof. The museum's own curators reckon that a minute spent with each object would take nearly four years; the sensible antidote is their 'Museum in 90 Minutes' route, a curated thread of 25 masterpieces that frames the collection's historical and stylistic breadth before you wander off to explore in depth.