Nationale Galerie für Moderne Kunst, Safdarjungs Grab & Süd-Delhi
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA Delhi — Jaipur House, Rajpath, New Delhi, housed in the former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur, a 1936 building redesigned as a gallery in 1954) is the premier museum of Indian modern and contemporary art, housing approximately 14,000 works spanning 1857 to the present — from the Company School paintings of the early colonial period to the Bengal Renaissance, the Bombay Progressives, and contemporary Indian installation art.
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National Gallery of Modern Art — India's Largest Art Museum
The NGMA Delhi (Jaipur House, 1954, former princely residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur) houses 17,000 works documenting Indian art from 1850 to present — the Amrita Sher-Gil collection (Hungary-born Indian painter, 1913–1941, considered India's greatest pre-independence artist) and Rabindranath Tagore's drawings are permanent highlights; entry ₹20 Indians, ₹500 foreigners.
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Safdarjung's Tomb — The Last Mughal Garden Tomb
Safdarjung's Tomb (1754) is the last large garden mausoleum built in the Mughal tradition — constructed for Nawab Safdarjung (Prime Minister of the Mughal Empire) by his son using materials quarried from other Mughal tombs; the garden (char bagh, four-quadrant) is a popular lunchtime escape for workers from the adjacent Safdarjung Airport; entry ₹35.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan — The World's Largest Presidential Residence
Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House, Raisina Hill, 340 rooms, 130,000 square metres, 100-acre gardens) was designed by Edwin Lutyens as the Viceroy's Palace (1929) — the Mughal Garden (open February–March, Udyanotsav) receives 500,000 visitors in 5 weeks; guided tours of the state rooms are available November–March by advance registration.
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India Gate — 84,000 Names of the War Dead
India Gate (42m, Edwin Lutyens, 1931) is a war memorial bearing the names of 84,000 Indian and British soldiers who died in WWI (1914–1918) and the Afghan War (1919) — the Amar Jawan Jyoti (eternal flame, lit 1972) burns at the base; on evenings and weekends, India Gate's lawns host families eating bhel puri and flying kites in the shadow of the memorial.
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Crafts Museum — Living Heritage of Indian Artisans
The National Crafts Museum (Pragati Maidan, 1956) is built as a 'heritage village' housing working artisans from 30 Indian states — potters, weavers, metal casters, and bead workers demonstrate their crafts in open-air studios surrounded by 20,000 artefacts in the adjacent museum; the museum shop sells artisan products at fixed government prices well below market rate.
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Lodhi Art District — Street Art in South Delhi
Lodhi Colony (a 1930s government housing colony in South Delhi) has been transformed into Delhi's outdoor art district — 50+ murals by Indian and international artists (Hendrik ECB, Nespoon, Yantr) cover building-sized walls in a 1.5km-walkable route; the project (started 2015 by St+art India Foundation) includes works addressing Delhi's air pollution, gender equality, and urban ecology.