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How to reach Salar Jung Museum:The Museum has an easy approach by road and rail. The important Railway Stations Kachiguda and Nampally are within a distance of two miles. Road transport buses run frequently from all parts of the city to Afzalgunj which is within walking distance from the Museum.

At the Museum...
There are 38 galleries in the Museum spread on two floors. The ground floor has 20 galleries, and the first floor has 18 galleries. Even then, the total exhibited art objects constitute a little over 25% of the entire collection.

The present building has many co-ordinating sections such as the Education Wing, Chemical Conservation Laboratory, Photo section, display section, Reception and a Sales counter. It has a caretaker section and is equipped with a separate security Wing to safeguard the art collection round the clock.

There are also public facilities such as cloak rooms, restrooms & a cafeteria.

Admission fee:Entrance to the Museum is by ticket, the rate of which is Re. 1.50 for general public. Students with identity cards are given 50% concession. Besides, Defence personnel in uniform, organised Kisan parties and children below 12 years are also given 50% concession. During the 'Museum Week' (celebrated during the second week of January every year) public is given concession in the entrance ticket, which is as follows:

For general public Rs. 5/-
Students and children below 12 year Rs. 2/-

During 'Children's Week' (celebrated from 14th November of every year) school children upto 12 years accompained by teachers are allowed free of charge. The sales counter for tickets is situated on the left side of the foyer.

Publications
To meet the needs of scholars and research students and also interested visitors, the Museum has been publishing catalogues on certain important collections of the museum. So far it has come out with catalogues on Persian, Arabic and Urdu manuscripts. Special monographs, apart from the 'SJM Bi-Annual Research Journal' are published regularly to serve the researchers.

Museum publications, including popular leaflets and picture postcards of the collection are sold at the publication sales counter.

Free Guide Service
Guide service in the museum is available free of charge, six times every day at the following times:

10.40 A.M. 1.30 P.M.
11.45 A.M. 2.30 P.M.
12.30 Noon 3.30 P.M.

Persons interested in availing the services can contact the reception.

Reading Room
The Reading Room situated is equipped with all the daily local papers and magazines in English, Telugu and Urdu. Some foreign magazines are also available for the benefit of the readers.

Facilities to Scholars
The museum has a rich collection of printed books covering various subjects and a rich collection of thousands of manuscripts in Persian, Arabic and Urdu languages. Scholars are permitted to use the library on request by obtaining passes from the reception counter. Photostat copies of the folios of manuscripts is also allowed on nominal payment for certain specific purposes.

Holidays
The Museum is closed on all Fridays (weekly holiday). Besides, the Museum will remain closed on the following public holidays.

1. Ramzan
2. Bakrid
3. Muharram
4. Dhulandi
5. Death Anniversary of Salar Jung III
6. Dasara
7. Deepavali

Working hours:From 10.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. without interruption.