ASI to exhibit never seen before artefacts in Red Fort

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is preparing to exhibit never seen before artefacts, including rare coins, pottery and clay utensils for the public.

Archaeological Museums display objects on rotation basis which facilitates visitors to know about all important objects of different historical periods in totality. Four museums are being set up in Colonial buildings in Red Fort in which original antiquities will also be showcased. Work is going on to figure out a schedule and display a map for the antiquities

Four museums at the Red Fort will be opening up for public in August 2018. The first museum will contain original archival material and replicas related to 1857. Also on display are some 70 original paintings on the upspring, which are more than a century old. The second museum will commemorate 75 years of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s INA. The museum will have displays on the INA trials held inside the fort. The third museum is dedicated to the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh and also archival material on India’s participation in first World War. The fourth museum will have artefacts from the Indian War Memorial Museum and Archaeological Museum, which was till now housed in Naubat Khana and Mumtaz Mahal Palace respectively. A fifith museum, on martyrs of India’s independence movement, has also been planned; but is not yet ready.