Although we were not allowed to take cameras in the museum (so no pictures), I’d like to comment on a couple of things that I found interesting and amusing.
First, the museum is meant as a museum celebrating Indian independence, and therefore includes pictures of Indian heroes and celebrates the siege of the residency, almost ironically, as it’s located inside the location where the enemy stayed. However, more strange to me was the collection and what it included. While it was celebrating Indian efforts, almost all of the art included was British lithographs, many of which represented Indians in a very bad light. It seems to me that the museum was trying to present a message that was against the collection, while still supporting the collection. Perhaps they could be more up-front about their collection being from the British. Subjects of the lithographs were mostly buildings and houses though they did include some with people.
Possibly in an attempt to make up for this problem, the collection also included new paintings of heroes of the time, as well as a large diorama of the siege.
Other things in the collection included stamps, coins, artifacts (cannonballs, swords), and a model of the residency complex. However, one of my favorite things to see were the labeled holes from cannonballs. I think they added a really nice touch to the collection as a whole.
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