Museums of Ajmer, Rajasthan |
GOVERNMENT MUSEUM
Situated in the heart of the old city and close to the railway
station the museum is housed in the beautiful fort and palace
built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1570. It was here that
the British envoy Sir Thomas Roe met Emperor jahangir in 1616.
What is today commonly known as Magazine is the palace quarters
where the emperors lived. After British occupation in 1818 and
during the first war of Independence in 1857 it was used as
the Rajputana Arsenal by the British which gave the name magazine.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Located in the Dil-e-Aaram Gardens, of Amer, the ancient
capital of Jaipur, and established in 1949. Prior to this, the
excavated 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 Chat. In July 1949 the entire collection was transferred
to Dil-e-Aaram Garden, a part of the old palace at Amer. An
Art Gallery was inaugurated in 1992 in this complex. The museum
is divided into three sections.
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