One of the three National Museums of India, the Salar Jung Museum houses world’s largest one-man art collection of Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, widely known as Salar Jung III. The Salar Jungs were a highly important noble family in the court of Nizam of Hyderabad. Five members from the family were the Prime Ministers of state, Salar Jung III was the prime minister during the reign of 7th Nizam. He was passionate about collecting antiques, rare relics, manuscripts and other artifacts which he collected for more than 35 years of his life, this collection is now displayed in the museum that was founded in 1951 and named after him. The museum currently has 38 galleries displaying approximately 13,654 objects belonging to periods from 2nd century B.C to the early 20th century A.D. Located in Nayapul on the southern bank of river Musi, the museum is open from 10 am to 5 pm everyday except Friday.