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The Government Museum of Udaipur
was originally located in Gulab Bagh and was called the Victoria Hall
Museum. It has now been shifted to Karan Vilas Mahal within the precincts
of the City Palace.
This
museum highlights the culture and heritage of Rajasthan through its
extensive collection of excavated items, inscriptions, sculptures,
paintings and handicrafts.
The inscriptions exhibited at the museum range from those of 2nd century
BC to 17th century AD. The antiquities of the plastic art of Mewar add to
the attraction. The sculpture gallery, spread over a big hall, contain
some unique and valuable specimens - Indriya Matrika from Lagat (5th - 6th
century AD); Kumari Matrika from Kumbhalgam; Shiva's head from Kalyanpur
and lain Kuber from Bansi (8th century AD).
Inscriptions exhibited at the museum date back to as early as 200 BC. The
most remarkable collection is that of more than nine thousand miniature
paintings of Mewar school from the period of Maharana Lagat Singh (1628 -
1652 AD) to Maharana Swaroop Singh (1842 - 1861 AD). It has a Natural
History section called the Children Gallery, which has models of animals
like tiger, deer etc. The museum also has a collection of colourful Mewari
turbans.
Entry Fee : Free Entry Every Monday
Timing : 10.00 A.M. to 4.30 P.M.
Closed : Friday and gazetted holidays.
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