Museums in Delhi offer the visitors the unnerving, majestic and glorious history of Delhi as well rest of the world. Displaying some ancient manuscripts, specimens of crafts work and so on, these Delhi Museums are some of the most visited tourist attractions of the city. Museums in Delhi consist of all records of history of almost all the eras.

The special feature of museums in Delhi are that there are certain special items based on which the museums have been built such as dolls, crafts, railways and so on. The Crafts Museum at Pragati Maidan, offers galleries on Indian crafts work including wooden carvings, metal ware, paintings and so on. Dolls Museum is one of the largest doll museums that hosts around 6000 costume dolls from over 85 countries across the globe.

The museums in Delhi reflect the culture and history of the nation at its minute details. The National Gallery of Modern Art is a museum that symbolises the changing art form and showcases a collection of over 14000 modern art works from all across the world. Another reputed museum in Delhi is the National Rail Museum that offers each and every detail of the Indian railways and has a large collection of locomotives and carriages. Similarly, the Archaeological Museum displays the antiques, including textile paintings, fine art calligraphy and costumes related to Mughal period.

National Museum is one of the most famous museums in Delhi that displays items relating to the entire period of Indian Civilization. Covering almost each and every area of the cultural heritage of India, this museum boasts items like exquisite jewelry, arms and armour, manuscripts, paintings to pre-historic archeology and so on. There are many other museums in Delhi like Air Force Museum, National Science Center Museum, Gandhi Smriti Museum, Sanskriti Kendra Terracotta and Metal Museum, Zakir Hussain Museum, Indira Gandhi Memorial and so on.

The museums in Delhi not only provide ample information about Indian artifacts but also a great collection of the influencing cultures in India. The opening and closing times of these museums varies and they generally remain closed on national holidays.