Spread over a vast area of 200 acres of land, the Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (National Museum of Mankind) is located on the Shamla Hills. It is the only museum in the world to have a vivid collection of pre-historic painted rock shelters. Located in one among the pre-historic sites of India, this great anthropological Museum is a replica of the tribal life.
This museum of mankind is also renowned as the tribal habitat, where an open-air exhibition of contemporary tribal cultures and actual-size dwellings of typical tribal villages of Indian states are recreated. The habitat is open from 10 am to 6 pm every day expect on Mondays and national holidays.
A prominent tourist destination in Bhopal, this museum holds a superb library with best compilations of ethnographic specimens, and audio-visual archives. Recently renamed as the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, this museum is a genuine effort to recreate the ancient tribal life.