| Ajmer Government Museum
Situated in the heart of old city and close to the railway
station the museum is housed in the beautiful fort and palace
built by the Mughal Emperor Jahagir in 1616. What is today
commonly known as Magazine is the palace quarters where the
emperors lived. After the British occupation in 1818 and during
the first world war of Independence in 1857 it was used as
the Rajputana Arsenal by the British which gave the name magazine.
Alwar Government Museum
House in the old city place, it has a unique collection of
arms, bidri work acquered and ivory work, musical instruments,
stuffed animals, beautiful brass and pottery works from Jaipur,
Multan, Bengal and Ceylon, miniature paintings and Persian
and Sanskrit manuscripts.
Amber (Jaipur) Archaeological Museum
Located in the Dil-e-A-aram Gardens, of Amer, the ancient
capital of Jaipur, and established in 1949. Prior to this,
the escavated material from Rairh, Bairat, Sambhar, Nagar
etc. and the sculptures and epigraphs collected from various
sites in the erstwhile Jaipur State were housed at Vidyadhar
Gardens in Purana Ghat.
Virat Nagar Museum
Virat Nagar museum Virat Nagar was the capital of the legendary
Matsayadesh. Frequent refences of Matsayadesh have been made
in the Indian epic- the Mahabharat. In the epic period, the
area around the district of Jaipur, Alwar and Bharatpur came
to be known as Matsayadesh with Virat Nagar as its capital.
The museum, although not very large has the richest collection.
Bharatpur Government Museum
Located in the centre of the famous Lohagarh Fort, the Bharatpur
Museum houses a rich collection of archaeological wealth of
the nearby areas as well as from the old Bharatpur State.
Bikaner Fort Museum
Ganga Mahal, the imposing halls added by Maharaja Ganga Singh,
now houses the Fort Museum. It contains a fine collection
of antique Rajput weaponry, jade handle daggers, camel hide
dhals (shiedls) and inliad handguns and camel guns.Gold and
siliver howdahs, jhulas, palkis and a first world war biplane
are on view.
Shri Sardul Museum and Anup Library
Forts of the early 20th century Lallgarh Palace have been
converted as a Museum containing a large numbers of items
used and collected by Maharaja Ganga Singh and his successors.
Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum
Ganga Mahal, the imposing halls added by Maharaja Ganga Singh,
now houses the Fort Museum. It contains a fine collection
of antique Rajput weaponry, jade handle daggers, camel hide
dhals (shields) and inlaid handguns and camel guns.
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