The Salar Jung Museum is located in Hyderabad, Telangana and houses over 1.1 million artifacts making it the largest single-owner collection in the world. It consists of 38 galleries spread over two floors containing sculptures, paintings, carvings and other objects. Lighting is carefully designed throughout the museum to properly display and preserve the artifacts, with natural light only used in the central courtyard. The museum also has a library, conservation lab and other facilities but lacks sufficient parking options for its many daily visitors.

1. SALAR JUNG MUSEUM
-TAHA RAHMAN
RONIT KUMAR PUROHIT
ROHITH SAI REDDY

2. INTRODUCTION
• The Salar Jung museum is the largest one man collection
museum in the world
• It houses a staggering 1.1 million artefacts including
books and manuscripts
• The museum has 38 galleries which are spread in 2
floors. The ground floor of the museum consists of 20
galleries while the first floor has 18 galleries

3. LOCATION
• The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at
Darushifa, on the southern bank of the Musi River in the
city of Hyderabad, Telangana

4. SITE SURROUNDINGS
• NORTH - SALAR JUNG ROAD AND MUSI RIVER
• EAST - FOCUS HIGH SCHOOL
• SOUTH - DARUSHIFA DEGREE COLLEGE
• WEST - MINAR GARDEN FUNCTION HALL

5. SITE PLAN
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6. FLOOR PLANS Source: salarjungmuseum.in/home.php

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8. FLOOR PLANS
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9. FLOOR PLANS
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10. FLOOR PLANS
• Apart from the central building, there are two other
blocks one to the east and the other to the west
• Though these buildings are independent structures, they
are connected by bridges on the first floor

11. LIGHTING
• More than half of the artefacts are manuscripts and books
are preserved in the libraries under controlled lighting
conditions
• The rest of the exhibits like statues, weapons, paintings
are also under artificial lighting and are not exposed to
daylight

12. LIGHTING SOLUTIONS
• Fluorescent light fixtures are the most used lights for
general lighting and diffused indirect lighting
• UV filters are avidly used to prevent any damage to
organic materials

13. LIGHTING SOLUTIONS
• In the galleries with paintings, the whole room is dim
whereas monopoint lights and picture lights have been
used for highlighting purposes
Source: snap taken by the authors

14. LIGHTING SOLUTIONS
• In other galleries where ivory and glass artefacts are
displayed, lights are strategically placed to enhance the
attractiveness of the object
Source: snap taken by
the authors

15. LIGHTING SOLUTIONS
• The rest of the galleries have general recessed lights
throughout and each of the display box has its own light
• These lights inside the boxes are decided according to the
artefact they hold

16. Source: www.wildfilmsindia.com
Source: Source: snap taken by
the authors

17. NATURAL LIGHTING
• Natural lighting is only used in central circulation court
• The whole structure is based around the central rotunda
which lights up the entire corridor

18. ADMINISTRATION AND
CONSERVATION
• The central block has two additional floors where the
second floor has a library and manuscript section as well
as the administrative office
• Library is open to public whereas a special permission is
needed to visit the manuscript section

19. ADMINISTRATION AND
CONSERVATION
Library Conservation lab

20. CONSERVATION LAB
• The conservation lab is on the third floor along with the
office which is not accessible to the public
• The conservation lab is again equipped with various
lights and dimmers that are used according to the
necessity

21. TREATMENT OF SPECIAL
ATTRACTIONS
• Just like many other museums, Salar Jung museum too
has a unique artefact which is considered as the biggest
crowd puller- a clock bought from Cook and Kelvey from
England
• Every hour, a timekeeper emerges from the upper deck
of the clock to strike a gong as many times as it is the
hours of the day

22. TREATMENT OF SPECIAL
ATTRACTIONS
• Since it is so important and it goes into action every hour,
there will be visitors thronging around the clock
• To avoid the discomfort, there are large screens
displaying the clock live at all times throughout the
museum

23. • Source:
www.salarjungmuseum.in
Source: snapshot from Google Earth

24. ACOUSTIC TREATMENT
• No special acoustic treatment is done throughout the
museum except for the library and the conservation lab

25. SERVICES
• There are ducts and fire safety water pipes running
throughout the museum
• All the safety and order is maintained from the control
room on the ground floor

26. FACILITIES
• Facilities such as cloak rooms, restrooms at all cardinal
points and a cafeteria run by Telangana Tourism are
present
• There is also an official museum shop for people to
purchase souvenirs

27. PARKING
• Though there is no official parking inside the premises,
tour buses are allowed to be parked below the bridges on
both sides
• There is a staff parking on the far side of the western
block with a capacity of seven four-wheelers and a
number of two-wheelers

28. ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS
• The site is situated in a 10 acre land
• The area of all the galleries together is approximately 1.4
lakh square feet
• The main building has a floor to floor height of 4 metres
while the two other blocks have 3.5 metres ( the height
varies according to the lighting necessities of the
galleries

29. DRAWBACKS
• Even though the museum attracts more than 500 visitors
a day, there are no proper parking facilities
• A large open to sky courtyard is being under utilised

30. BIBLIOGRAPHY
www.google.com/images
www.salarjungmuseum.in
www.wildfilmsindia.com
www.wikipedia.com
Personal site visit

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