Ghalib Museum, New Delhi

This article is about a museum at the Ghalib Academy. For The museum at Ghalib's Havelli in Ballimaran Old Delhi, see Ghalib ki Haveli.

Mirza Ghalib Museum
Painting of Mirza Ghalib in Ghalib Museum
Established	22 February 1969 (1969-02-22)
Location	Nizamuddin (West)
Coordinates	28°21′N 77°08′E / 28.35°N 77.14°E / 28.35; 77.14
Type	Memorial
Key holdings	Coins of Mughal Era, Handwritten Poems/letters of Ghalib
Collections	Paintings, Calligraphy, Handwritten specimens
Owner	Ghalib Academy, New Delhi
Public transit access	Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium Metro
Website	www.ghalibacademy.org

Mirza Ghalib Museum, New Delhi is a museum on the life and times of the 18th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib,^[1] under the aegis of the Ghalib Academy, New Delhi. The museum is situated in the vicinity of the tomb of the 13th century Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin.

About

The museum is housed on the third floor of the Ghalib Academy building. It was formally declared open by the 3rd President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain on the occasion of the Ghalib Centenary on 22 February 1969. The museum presents pictures of Ghalib's residences, food habits and attires of the poet and his times. There are seals, coins dating to the mughal era, Postage stamps and specimen of handwriting housed in this museum. Paintings of renowned artists like those of M.F. Hussain, Satish Gujral, Anis Farooqui are some of the main attractions of the museum. Ghalib's poetry calligraphy and other artworks based on Ghalib’s poetry are also on display.^[2]^[3]

The mausoleum of Mirza Ghalib is just next to the Academy building. It lies in the attached courtyard of the building just on the way to the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin. The Humayun's Tomb is also at a walking distance from the museum.