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Situated in the sprawling surroundings of the Teen Murti House of Late Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, Nehru Museum & Planetarium is the best place to learn about the history of the independence Movement of India.
In 1964, the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund was set up to promote his ideas and subsequently it undertook to build the Nehru Planetarium with its primary aim being the promotion of astronomy and space education
Inaugurated by the then Prime Minister, Smt.Indira Gandhi, on 6th February 1984, the Planetarium has come a long way in disseminating knowledge about astronomy to the general public and astronomy enthusiasts and students in particular
The museum offers photographs of Jawaharlal Nehru in various phases of his life. The colonial building structure has high ceilings, teak panels, spacious verandas and well-maintained gardens. Nehru lived here for 16 years. it how houses the museum, a library and a planetarium dedicated to Nehru.
 Nehru Planetarium tells about the Space Program of India, the Universe and showcases the Capsule that took Rakesh Sharma to space.
The Planetarium building is similar archaeologically with a nearby monument, the Kushak Mahal. This is a 13th century hunting lodge built by the Lodhi rulers.
The air-conditioned sky theatre of the planetarium has a dome-shaped screen made of fiber glass with 26 curved segments and one million hand-drilled holes for clear acoustics.
The sky theatre with a capacity of seating 270 people is essentially meant for screening taped and live public shows on various aspects of astronomy. In the center of the theatre is a well, housing the Carl Zeiss Space flight Master projector placed on a hydraulic lift, which enables it to come up during the shows.
The gallery around the sky theatre helps in locating the slide and special effects projectors. Besides the sky theatre, the Planetarium also has an exhibit area, which displays many models and pictures.
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