About Government Museum
The government Museum is housed in the former durbar hall, the
maharaja's meeting hall, in the fort. The most interesting thing to see
here is the hamam(bathhouse), which retains some fine carvings
and frescoes.
It exhibits sculptures found during the excavation of old villages e.g.
Noh, Mallah, Bareh, Bayana etc. ranging from the Kushan period (Ist
century A.D.) to 19th century A.D. Weapons used in battles in the
medieval period the Jat rulers, paintings, manuscripts, zoological
specimens, local art and craft that was once Bharatpur.
The Art Gallery of the museum has specimens of miniature paintings on
leaves of the Peepal tree, mica and old litho papers along with the
paintings of the Maharajas of Bharatpur.
On the upper story one section consists of various types of guns &
miniature canons used during 18th century A.D. Called ‘Chandra’.
These miniature canons - two sets of eleven each, were used by Maharaja
Sawai Jawahar Singh in the battle while passing through the Jaipur
territory on his return from a pilgrimage to Pushkar.
Only the exterior of the buildings may be photographed.
Tourist Information
Time 10:00 A.M.- 4:30 P.M.(Saturday - Thursday)
Pictures of Government Museum
