Museum #8 on Delhi Metro Yellow Line - Mirza Galib Museum

[TusharSuradkar]

New Delhi is home to a mind-boggling 51 museums covering every topic imaginable.

All the museums are within 2 kilometers of any station on the Delhi Metro.

I have published line-wise museum lists on Google Maps as below:

Museums on Delhi Metro Violet Line - Total 18
Museums on Delhi Metro Yellow Line - Total 12
Museums on Delhi Metro Magenta Line - Total 04
Museums on Delhi Metro Blue Line - Total 05
Museums on Delhi Metro Red Line - Total 05
Museums on Delhi Metro Aqua Line - Total 01

The Mirza Galib museum in Chandani Chowk in Delhi is the resident of the renowned and the most recognized Shayar poet of Urdu.

The museum is located in the narrow bylanes of Chandani Chowk opposite the Red Fort and not everyone knows about it. The Google maps link is misleading too especially since many things have changed on the ground.

Since the love and popularity of Shayari style of poetry is fast declining, I asked some senior citizens around in the market for directions at every turn who I thought had more chances of knowing the museum and turned out to be so.

Ultimately I reached the residence of Mirza Galib to find that it was a very ordinary-looking house. Nearby people told that it was encroached by merchants in the market and part of the house was used as a godown and only recently the Archeological Survey of India or the ASI took control and evacuated the encroachers.

The entrance had a narrow passage that opens up in a relatively large courtyard that is surrounded by several rooms that serve as dining, bedrooms, washrooms, and other like storage and study rooms.

Various original articles from the life of Mirza Galib are on display like utensils, his books, shelf, chessboard, and a similar game that is the precursor of Chess called Chaturaji that he was so fond of. There is a special room where under a beautiful arch the statue of Mirza Galib is on display.

For the record, another museum that is housed and is themed over the life of a person is the Bhai Matidas Museum located only a few hundred meters from the Mirza Galib Museum.

Notes:
• The museum is very close to the Red Fort that itself houses 4 more museums.
• The museum does not have washrooms and a drinking water facility.
• Also has several restaurants and cafes just outside to buy some cold-drink, water, or assorted Indian snacks.

Have you been to a museum that was located inside the residence of some person?
What was special about the museum? I’d be interested in knowing your experiences.

Until then… Happy Guiding

Accessibility Features

The Mirza Galib museum has the basic necessary accessibility features for the differently-abled.

Here’s a brief summary:

Ramp Access.
A wheelchair-accessible Entrance.
A wheelchair-accessible Parking.
A wheelchair-accessible Restroom/Toilet.

What Else To Do In Delhi

While you are in Delhi, these are the top-recommended places:

1. Red Fort
2. Humayun Tomb
3. Lotus Temple
4. Akshardham Temple
5. India Gate
6. Jama Masjid
7. Rashtrapati Bhavan
8. Tughlaqabad Fort
9. Laxmi Narayan Temple
10. Gurudwara Bangala Sahib
11. Agrasen ki Baoli
12. National War Memorial
13. Raj Ghat Memorials
14. Safdarjung’s Tomb

[Silvi]

Felicitaciones @TusharSuradkar por el trabajo que estas realizando con éstos museos! 51 museos? Increíble! Las imágenes se ven muy interesantes. El último mes de marzo, antes de que se desatara la pandemia tuve la oportunidad de realizar un Meet-Up, en ocasión de conmemorarse el “Día Internacional de la Mujer”, en la que fuera la residencia de campo de una escritora Argentina llamada Victoria Ocampo , fue una mujer muy renombrada en la historia social y política de comienzos del siglo XX en Argentina.
Ésta es la Recap de la visita.

Saludos.

Silvy.

[Emmik20]

Hello @TusharSuradkar Thanks for sharing informative post about Delhi Metro line and Mirza Ghalib Museum. I like the story behind the museum and find the picture interesting. I have not been to any museum located in someone residence but wish to visit residence museum of Alexandria pushkin and Josef stalin.

[Shrut19]

नमस्कार,

** @TusharSuradkar **

छान वाटलं वाचून,

लहानणापासूनच DD National वाहिनी वर मिरजा गालिब नसीरुद्दीन शाह च्यl रुपात पाहिलेत,

आणि थोडंसं चुकचुकले, २०१८ च्या दिली भेटीच्या दरम्यान आम्ही येल्लो लाईनलाच राहत होतो, पण या बद्दल काही माहिती नव्हती, नाही तर आम्ही नक्की भेट दिली असती,

पोस्ट शेअर केल्याबद्दल धन्यवाद…

[TusharSuradkar]

अरे व्वा, ताई
मिर्झा गालिबची DD वरील सीरिअल अजूनही आठवते, हे विशेष आहे @Shrut19
मला देखील सीरिअल आठवते.

ही हवेली/वाडा शोधायला फार मेहेनत घ्यावी लागली.
जुन्या दिल्लीतील अरुंद बोळातून फिरावे लागले.
अनेकांना याबद्दल माहित नाही.
मागील वर्षी पर्यंत याचा अर्धा भाग Godown म्हणून वापरला जात होता.

पुढील वेळी नक्की जात येईल

[Shrut19]

नमस्कार,

** @TusharSuradkar **

हो तरीच आम्हाला नाही माहिती मिळाली, जर तू त्या वेळी भेटला असता तर आपण मस्त फिरलो असतो.

[K.K.Sharma]

I have visited this place multiple times, but I believe the utensils are from the era of Mirza Ghalib rather than belonging to him personally. @TusharSuradkar

[TusharSuradkar]

Good point @K.K.Sharma Ji
Since this museum is in the residence of Mirza Ghalib himself, there is a good chance to believe that they belong to him they might also have added a few from that era.

All photos are fabulous. When I visited there, the illumination was poor.