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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 soon caught by both the police and the security of the museum was beefed up after the incident.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hyderabad Police nabs 2 for theft at Nizam Museum; stolen valuable recovered |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabad-police-nabs-2-for-theft-at-nizam-museum-stolen-valuable-recovered/articleshow/65767002.cms|accessdate=15 सितम्बर 2018}}</ref> |
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| Established | 18 February 2000 |
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| 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]
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. [4][5][6]
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.
The museum was opened on 18 February 2000 by the Nizam Trust to the general public.
Theft in the museum
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 soon caught by both the police and the security of the museum was beefed up after the incident.[7]
References
- ^ "A Peep into the past". rediff.com. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Unveiling the past". Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Nizam's Museum".
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/hyderabad/nizam-museum/ps58475365.cms
- ^ "The three-tier tiffin box worth several crores may not have been used by the Nizam, but one of the thieves used it every day to have food, revealed the Hyderabad police". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/hyderabad-nizams-museum-theft-artefacts-recovered-two-arrested-5350633/
- ^ "Hyderabad Police nabs 2 for theft at Nizam Museum; stolen valuable recovered". Retrieved 15 सितम्बर 2018.
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