Tomar fort, Sultanate capital, Mughal Shahjahanabad and a colonial New Delhi laid out beside them — the ruins here are not scattered, they are layered.
1052
Lal Kot
The Tomar Rajputs wall the ridge.
1192
Sultanate
The Qutb rises on temple columns.
1648
Shahjahanabad
Shah Jahan moves the Mughal court.
1931
New Delhi
Lutyens' capital is inaugurated.
Built around objects sent to a 1947–48 London exhibition and brought home: the Harappan Dancing Girl, Buddhist relics and Mughal miniatures.
Closed Mondays. Some galleries have been shut for renovation, so check the website before you go.
2.5 hrs
A partly underground museum opened in 2024 at the tomb's entrance, on Mughal architecture, Nizamuddin's Sufi tradition and the restoration of the complex.
Combine with Humayun's Tomb and Sunder Nursery on the same morning.
60 min
Founded in 1956 by the All India Handicrafts Board, with a village complex of rebuilt rural houses and textile galleries — some 33,000 objects in all.
Closed Mondays. Artisans often demonstrate their crafts in the courtyard.
2 hrs
Opened in 1977, home to the 1855 Fairy Queen, one of the world's oldest working steam locomotives, and the Maharaja of Mysore's saloon car.
Closed Mondays. Good with children — there is a toy train around the grounds.
2 hrs
A museum of all of India's prime ministers, set in Nehru's former residence at Teen Murti House and a new building beside it.
Closed Mondays. Book tickets online to skip the queue.
2 hrs
The house where Gandhi spent his last 144 days and was shot on 30 January 1948; his final footsteps are marked in stone across the lawn.
Closed Mondays; free entry.
60 min
Modern and contemporary Indian art in Jaipur House, a 1936 maharaja's residence, with large rooms of Amrita Sher-Gil, Tagore and Raja Ravi Varma.
Closed Mondays. The new wing behind the house holds the temporary shows.
2 hrs