Albert Hall Museum Museum

Address: Albert Hall, Ram Niwas Garden, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001, India

Website: http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in/albert-museum

Hours: Tue-Sun 9:00am-5:00pm, closed Mondays and public holidays

Admission: Adults: INR 40 (Indian citizens), INR 300 (foreign nationals); concessions available

The Albert Hall Museum is the state museum of Rajasthan located in central Jaipur, situated within Ram Niwas Garden. The building is a prominent example of late 19th-century Indo-Saracenic architecture and the institution is one of the oldest museums in the state.

Its galleries display a broad range of objects including sculptures, paintings, textiles, carpets, arms and archaeological finds from the region. The museum functions as a public cultural institution with permanent and rotating displays covering art, craft and regional history.

The museum building was designed in the late 19th century by the architect Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob; the museum collection and its present role developed through the colonial and postcolonial periods as a public museum for Jaipur and Rajasthan.

Geographically it sits in the historic core of Jaipur within Ram Niwas Garden, easily reachable from the city’s central landmarks and tourist routes.

• History and architecture: The current museum was established in the late 19th century and the building was designed by Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob in Indo-Saracenic style.
• Location: Located within Ram Niwas Garden in central Jaipur, close to other historic city landmarks.

What to See#

• Main building: The museum building is an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture designed in the late 19th century and serves as the main exhibition space.
• Collections: Permanent collections include archaeological objects, sculptures, paintings, textiles, carpets and arms and armour that span regional and premodern periods.

Albert Hall Museum sits inside Ram Niwas Garden, about 2 km south of Jaipur Railway Station and roughly 1.5 km west of the City Palace. From the railway station take an auto-rickshaw or taxi (10-15 minutes depending on traffic). Several local buses and cycle-rickshaws stop near the garden gates.

• Aim for the morning opening to see galleries with fewer school groups; the central hall is often busiest around mid-morning.
• Don't miss the hall of pottery and the Rajasthani miniature paintings-many visitors linger only in the central Indo-Saracenic foyer and miss these rooms.
• Photography inside galleries is sometimes restricted; ask at the ticket desk before using flash or tripods.
• Combine with a walk in Ram Niwas Garden-there is a pleasant route from the museum to the City Palace and Hawa Mahal.