It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artefacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe, and North America.

He spent a substantial amount of his income, over a period of thirty-five years, collecting artefacts from all across the world.

Some more art pieces were lost or stolen during the shifting of the museum from Dewan Devdi to the present site.

It holds a range of miniature paintings from Mughal, Rajasthani, Thanjavur, Malwa and Deccan schools.

In India Ravi Verma was the pioneer of the Modern School, he worked with oil medium depicting Indian mythology and classic themes.

Other masters of the Modern School whose works are presented in the museum are Varma and Abdur Rahman Chughtai,[11] M. F. Husain,[12] K.K.

The chessman and chausar are interesting elements, the pawns being depicted as soldiers, while the king and queen are riding on elephants.

[10] The most notable element is the ivory carved chair gifted to Tipu Sultan by Louis XVI.

The collection as per a publication from 1979 of Salar Jung Museum suggests that there were 984 objects with varying degree of craftsmanship.

In 1876, on a trip to France the unique "double sculpture", Mephistopheles and Margaretta was acquired by Salar Jung I.

Salar Jung III collected about 43,000 artefacts and 50,000 books and manuscripts out of which only few are displayed in today's museum.

[19][20][21] The Eastern block houses Japanese artworks, porcelain pieces, samurai swords and sculptures from China, Japan, Tibet and Burma.

[24] The museum building, semicircular in shape with 38 galleries, spread on two floors, displays only a part of the original collection.

[25][26] Apart from the galleries, there is a reference library, reading room, publication and education section, chemical conservation lab, sales counter, cafeteria etc.