Things to do in Maharashtra, India: The Best Museums

A unique combination of vibrant acrylic colours and needle texture painting expresses the most beautiful and captivating smile of talented Merilyn Monroe. The painting makes each monroe fan fall back into the memories of 90s.

Mahatma Gandhi once lived in this simple, two-story building, which is now a museum, library and research center depicting Gandhi's life and struggles for Indian freedom through peaceful means.

FREE ENTRY TO ALL VISITORS --- Darshan is not really a 'museum' in the conventional sense of the term. Although it does what every museum does, keeps alive a memory, but at Darshan, it's done through 3D Holographics, Life-Like Statues, Realistic Sets, Hi-Def Audio, HD Video, Theatrical Lighting and much more!Darshan is the next step in story-telling. The visitor literally 'walks' into a scene and the scene 'plays out' before your eyes! Each scene is brought to life through realistic sets, and within the set are various props that help to recreate the scene before you. For the first time in the country has 3D Holographics been used in a show! Characters appear in thin air and act out scenes before your very eyes! A truly magical experience!Darshan tells the beautiful story of a Saint of Modern India, Sadhu T L Vaswani. He was a visionary, an educationist, a spiritual giant, a poet and much, much more! His life bore witness to the universal ideals of Unity, Brotherhood of all life, Compassion, Love for all, Peace. He inspired many to work for the cause of the independence of India alongside with Gandhi, he worked for women upliftment years before modern society did it, by starting a Women's Education Movement called the Mira Movement in Education. The Mira Movement in Education has now spread to many cities and thousands of young girls benefit from it. He was an animal rights activist, his birthday, 25th November, is celebrated as Animal Rights Day and crores of people pledge to abstain from food of violence on this day every year! He was a spiritual giant. He spread the Eternal Message of the Saints and Rishis amongst the common man and made the Divine accessible to everyone. Ever a believer in the Unity of All Life, He promoted no one religion but taught that all religions lead to but One Goal. The Paths are Many but the Goal is One! His spiritual poetry has been compiled into the largest compilation of Spiritual Poetry by a single author in the world! It is called the Nuri Granth and is revered by his followers as a storehouse of spiritual wisdom and knowledge.We invite you to come and experience His simplicity, His wisdom, His purity, His unique life at Darshan!

Cavalry Tank Museum was established by Armoured Corps Center & school in 1994. Set among pristine lawns it is the only museum of its kind in Asia for the tank enthusiasts. It houses 53 exhibits of World war vintage oldest being the Silver Ghost Rolls Royce Armoured car of 1914. From tanks of world war to those made in Germany, captured from Pakistan it is a exhibition of its kind . The Museum has been refurbished to make it more visitor friendly. Souvenirs have been introduced to carry the memories with you. Guide is available in hindi, marathi, english. For bookings call the contact number. Facilities available are refreshments, souvenirs, toilets, sitting area, live music. A very nominal fee of Rs 50 for adults and Rs 25 for child 6 to 12 yrs is charged for maintainence. Special concession is available for school tours. So for all those living in the district or passing through Ahmednagar, this is a great getaway to relive the nostalgia of the glorious heritage of the Indian Army.

'Khoj Ghandiji Ki.' situated in Gandhi Teerth (Gandhi Research Foundation) is a thematic, state-of-art, interactive multimedia museum conceived and commissioned to disseminate Gandhiji's life-lessons and ideology.This magnificent structure is built entirely in Jodhpur stone and, under green norms. It stands amidst lush green, noise and pollution free afforested terrain of Jain Hills. The museum is the largest audio guided air-conditioned museum in the world based on the life of Gandhiji. It has more than 30 sections equipped with Touch Screen, Bioscope, Digital Books, 3-D Mapping and Animation. (It takes 2 hours 30 minutes to visit the museum.) The Gandhi Research Foundation boasts a collection containing 1.9 lakh digital documents related to Gandhiji. The library houses 9000 books written on and by Gandhiji. Extensive archives, diaries, speeches are also provided. The tour package for Gandhi Teerth includes the museum and other amenities: Food court for refreshments, activities like horse riding/ swimming/boating, comfortable guest houses, agro tour- field visit to tissue culture project, eco tour- visit to solar energy project and bio-gas plant, industrial tour- visit to PVC Pipe and drip manufacturing plants. Hence, this place is fit for students, families, adventurers, researchers and tourists and can be visited for 2 hours to weeks, as per convenience. (This foundation is promoted and sponsored by Jain Irrigations Systems Ltd.)