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Museums in Jaipur

Museums are places which surely knock our inner mind with certain awe, blended with admirations.  From here we gather oodles of knowledge about the era bygone. Jaipur is the place to be, if you are stung by those old world charm fetish.  

Your one stop trip to those beautiful chambers of ethnic galore with a pinch of old ancient charm encased in Royal splendour and majesty. Welcome to the world of museums in Jaipur. Here are a few where you can have a glance of some royal and antic things.

Museums in Jaipur

MP Birla Planetarium in Jaipur: The beginning of your cosmic adventure

The MP Birla planetarium Jaipur depicts a glorious chapter in the educational and scientific research institution and carves a picture of high esteem. It is one of its kinds and located in Jaipur.

The MP Birla planetarium Jaipur has become one of the most aspiring havens for scientific and astronomical research. BM Birla planetarium also organizes free astronomy study sessions in the evening for students who have special inclination for these subjects.

Sanjay Sharma Museum Jaipur: Unwinding Your Senses

Sanjay Sharma Museum Jaipur can hold your eyes for a long time with multifarious fanciful ancient delights right from manuscripts to book stands, historic games to painting and artifacts. Located in Jaipur it is quite close to Johri Bazaar. The multiple things which one can club while visiting Jaipur is unique as the city is so full of wonderful tourist attractions.

There are forts and monuments which are nearby Sanjay Sharma museum so there can be double delights in a day and once you have all the beautiful visions of artifacts, culture and tradition from Sanjay Sharma museum Jaipur, you can have a stay at all equipped hotels nearby.

Museum of Indology Jaipur- A perfect reflection of the essence of Jaipur

The extraordinary attire which the museum embrace is really praises worthy with lots of old world charm which is almost lost in the high tech cities today. Museum of Indology Jaipur boasts of a unique collection of folk art antiques and objects which are worth a glance.

The Museum of Indology Jaipur, SRC Museum is a must to visit place for those entire tourist fraternity who visit Jaipur for its real essence. This museum is located at Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg. It is quite easy to visit this place by an auto or a rickshaw. Buses also ply around and one can easily take a bus ride.

What to look out for at Museum of Indology Jaipur:

Great work of artistic skills; paintings which adorn the museum needs a special mention as the paintings are mainly based on a very central topic which is “Serpent logy”. There are more than 1000paintings which are exhibited here on the specific subject.

Manuscripts - The SRC Museum of Indology Jaipur has a bountiful collection of manuscripts. Around 15,000 manuscripts show the vividness and the variety of the place. Sculptures; well carved sculptures are a must to have a glimpse at SRC museum of Indology Jaipur.

Museums in Jaipur

Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing Jaipur - Tradition stored in Prints

Anokhi is word in Hindi which means unique and museum is surely a place which has uniqueness and Anokhi museum of hand printing as the name suggest has that special touch which gives it the name. 

An old building which has a history of 400 years and had been restored by UNESCO seems to be the abode of this museum. It sound quite interesting as the very charm also includes its artistic look which renders a pinch of tradition blended with art and old world charm. 

There are educational programmes which show the different methods by which these block printings are done. Block printing is an ancient art which has been practiced throughout India since long time; the way the art has been preserved and is being encouraged really needs applause.

Alice Garg National Seashells Museum: Dive into the underworld fiesta

Alice Garg National Seashell Museum is a museum with a difference. The reason why this Museum was created was the sea shells which they had collected from various places were plenty in number and it was quite an arduous task to store it at home. 

There are shells ranging from 5kg to 150 kg in weight. The huge collection needed a proper place to be kept and stored. Here are about 3,000 seashells which have been stored very efficiently here.

Maharaja’s Museum of Jaipur - A royal treat

The museum is one of the most upper crust and noble museum which talks about the patrician life style of Indian blue blood heritage with all the grandeur piled up together artistically to magnetize tourists.

Build in 18th century; it was built in typically Rajasthan palace convention and architecture. Also called as the city palace. It has Mubarak Mahal and Chandra Mahal. Maharaja’s museum which is located in the city palace is in the central north-east part of Jaipur .It has been constructed in grid pattern style. 

Art Cottage Museum Jaipur- Artistic treasure

The very essence of this museum is artistry the museum shows some wonderful artifact items which are preserved quite well. Located at Sawai Ram Singh Road. Among them Jawahar Kala Kendra is a great option. A great abode of Artists where classical and folk art blend efficiently.

Government Central Museum Jaipur- A museum to visit

Also known as Albert Hall museum as it was named after King Edward VII, it is quite a popular museum of international repute. Oldest museum of the state of Rajasthan. Located at Ram News Garden depicts a great picture of Indo - Saracenic architecture. It has wonderful pieces of art delights, to masterpieces of paintings, sculpture and ivory studded works.

Hawa Mahal Museum Jaipur - Majesty embodied

Palace of winds as popularly known, this is one of the most popular museums of Jaipur; this five-storied palace is an embodiment of architectural bliss and was constructed by Maharana Sawai Jai Singh. Made with Pink and red sand stone this palace was built for the women folks to provide them a clear view of the outside world through this window.

Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Ji Museum Jaipur

A museum which speaks of Royalties with grand souse architecture, unique collection of artefacts and antics. Also a place where the Royal family residence at present. It was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai singh.Also knows as the city palace and a major portion of this palace is now used as Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Ji Museum.

Department of Archaeology &Museums

The Department of Archaeology &museums has its origin way back in 1950.From the time onwards this museum is putting its entire endeavor to retain, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritage which have been epitomized in different forms of architectural and artistically crafted antics. It has 17 museums, 4 proposed museums 47 archaeological sites.


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