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Updating legacy at fifth generation!

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The Kohinoor Museum of Rare pieces of art and artifacts since 1862 The Museum is all about an exquisite private collection of needle and thread, three dimensional handcrafted embroidery and precious artifacts are passionately preserved and showcased to connoisseurs from all over the world, in a state of the art sound and light extravaganza fondly known as The Kohinoor Museum, Agra. The Kohinoor Museum is a collection of rare pieces of art and artifacts since 1862 by the Mathur family-jewelers, collectors and promoters of the Museum. The Kohinoor Family was traditionally with the Mughals in Delhi, where they lived in old Delhi at Chandhi Chowk. Their ancestors moved to Agra in 1857 with the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, into the old walled city of Mughal Agra. The British rulers bestowed on the family property at Old Drummond Road in Agra (now known as Mahatma Gandhi Road). Later the ancestors of Mathur family started the business, Kohinoor Jewellers i