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My Visit to the National Museum

uring the month of May, I visited the National Museum
with my class. The first thing that greeted us was this huge
monument called the ‘Temple Chariot’ which is a chariot
Ddedicated to Lord Vishnu. It originally belongs to Kumbakonam,
Tamil Nadu. The National Museum is a huge building with many sections
all of which are dedicated to history. The first section we went to was the
archaeology section. We saw various kinds of artefacts that archaeologists
have dug up with time. We saw the remains of the Harappan Civilisation
which is one of the oldest civilisations in the world. There were many
small ornaments, toys and statues that have been collected from the ruins
of that civilisation. We also saw a layout of the civilisation describing the
lifestyle of the people and how they went about their daily life. It seemed
as if we were already there during that era. We also saw the Indian
miniature painting section that had beautiful paintings detailed minutely
by talented artists that lived in the Mughal era. Further ahead was a
completely separate section dedicated to Buddhist art displaying Lord
Buddha’s sculptures and paintings in various styles collected from around
the world. After that, we went to the category dedicated to the evolution
of Indian scripts and coins. It was amazing to know how we have adopted
so many different languages with time. On the first floor is the Central
Asian antiquity section. This section had terracotta sculptures and different
North Indian paintings which was an enriching experience. Next was the
very interesting coin section. We learned that coins have evolved majorly
from punch marked coins to what they are today. There was also a navy
section which displayed various navy uniforms and structures of ships
along with their history. The
second floor of the museum has
an arms and armour gallery. We
saw different kinds of weapons P1 Class Excursions
and suits the warriors used
to wear while going for war. have always enjoyed being a part of school excursions. It is so
It also had an anthropology much fun learning through these experiences. Our school organized
section where we saw many a trip to Gandhi Smriti. It was wonderful to know about Gandhi
different kinds of musical I life and his important role in the freedom struggle of our
ji’s
instruments. The anthropology country. In August, we were taken to visit different historic monuments
section also has a wood carving in Delhi such as India Gate, Red Fort, Qutub Minar etc. in the very
section where there are things famous HOHO bus. Recently, we visited the post office. This was the
made entirely out of carving most enjoyable amongst all as it was combined with a fun activity.
wood. It also had a gallery to Here, we wrote a letter to our family and posted it in a sealed
showcase the tribal lifestyle of envelope. I look forward to going on more such excursions.
Northeast India. We saw the
different costumes, instruments Malav Gupta, P1 D
and ornaments used by tribal
Indians. The trip to the went to the post office at Lodi Road with my teachers and friends.
museum was a very enriching I
The post-office department is very helpful. I saw post men there
experience. We learned about who had so many letters. We send and get our letters through
history and enjoyed it a lot. them. People insert their letters into the post box. There are post
Todi Bagra, P5 B tickets, money order forms, etc. sold at the post office. People also save
their money in the post office. Thus the post office serves us all.
Lakshita Tanwar, P1 D

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