Sunken museum at Humayun's Tomb likely to be inaugurated soon

The "country's first" sunken museum at the iconic Humayun's Tomb site in Delhi is likely to be inaugurated soon, sources said on Sunday. Efforts are on to have the inauguration, coinciding with the upcoming meeting of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in the national capital. Work for the construction of the museum began in in April 2015. The museum will showcase the heritage of the Nizamuddin area over the last seven centuries. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) is building the museum on behalf of the Archaeological Survey of India as part of the urban renewal initiative. Inspired from the medieval baolis (water tanks) of northern India, the underground site museum, with a built-up area of 9000 square metres, will marry modern 21st century architecture with Mughal-era craftsmanship in its design. According to AKTC, the museum is being constructed at the entrance zone of the World Heritage Complex and will serve as a bridge between the three sites of Nizamuddin, Sunder Nursery and the 16th century tomb.