The Nizam’s Museum

‘The Nizams Museum’ also known as the ‘Purani Haveli Museum’ or ‘the Silver Jubliee Museum’, Hyderabad, Telangana, India was created at the wish of the seventh and last Nizam of Hyderabad. His rule along with his father’s rule spanned roughly a century from the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. During these years, the State of Hyderabad saw great development. The progress achieved by all the talented people concerned was celebrated in 1937, when a series of Silver Jublee celebration functions of his coronation were organized. These celebrations were held on the completion of 25 years of rule of the seventh Nizam. The Jublee Pavilion Hall was built specifically for this purpose at the Public Gardens, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It consisted of a dias at one end on which the Nizam sat under an ornamental pavilion. Many mementoes, models, presentations and “Addresses” (formal declarations) were gifted to the Nizam then. Apart from these, he kept adding items presented to him later and made a trust called H.E.H. The Nizam’s Jubilee Pavilion Trust to hold and display this collection.