National Gandhi Museum

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This museum was originally set up in Mumbai, however after Mahatma Gandhi’s death this was later moved to New Delhi.  Some belongings and pictures of Mahatma Gandhi have been very nicely preserved in this museum, some of the items in the collection are a Satyagraha woodcut by Willemia Muller Ogterop, one of Gandhi's walking sticks, teeth and his ivory toothpick, the shawl and the dhoti which was worn by Gandhi when he was assassinated, one of the bullets that were used to kill Gandhi, have also been preserved in the museum.

 The museum was originally set up in a building in Kota House and was later moved to a mansion in 1957, and later was shifted to Raj Ghat and was then inaugurated by the president of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad in 1961. The library has a collection of Gandhi’s work as well as the general studies library, and there are two sections in this library one which showcases Gandhi’s work and the one which is a general studies library. Currently there are over 35,000 books or documents in the museum's library. The library has an amazing collection of 2,000 journals in both English and Hindi languages depicting the life of Gandhi. The museum is open from 9:30am- 5:30pm, from Tuesday to Sunday.