Essay on Albert Hall Museum Jaipur, Rajasthan
While the palaces and castles grab the lime light at Jaipur, the Albert Museum is a must visit to witness the grandeur of the erstwhile monarchs.
The Albert Museum was built in 1887. The museum is named after Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales in 1876. This museum is a must visit place in Jaipur which you can experience with Palace on Wheels.
Albert Hall Museum is unique in itself, depicting an Indo- Saracenic architectural style. The whole museum is decorated with stone ornamentation, inspired by the Rajput and Mughal designs. The corridors of the museum are beautiful with mural paintings depicting different stories from Ramayana, illustrations from the Persian paintings, Razmnama, stories from European, Egyptian, Chinese, Babylonian and Greek civilisation.
The Albert Hall Museum is a treasure house of jewellery, accessories, souvenirs and artefacts collected from all around the country.
Ivory- This is a wide range of statues and idols carved from elephant trunk or ivory. The statues are finely carved and life seems to be frozen in these white ivory idols, which also depict the lifestyle of the Rajasthani locals, their art and culture.
Coins- Deep dive into the contemporary cultural, political and sociology-economic backdrop of different civilisations with the wide collection of coins, which include punch marked coins, silver and copper coins with four to five different symbols.
Carpet-This gallery is truly a fairy tale land with exquisite Persian Garden carpets, highlights charbagh, different animals and fish painted in different colours. There are also carpets as well, which belong to the 19th
Pottery- This segment is treasures with glazed traditional pottery from Bikaner, Hyderabad, Sindh, Multan, Bengal and Bahawalpur.
Clay Art- These beautiful clay figurines belong to the 19th century and have some amazing arts like the entire range of Yogic postures, judicial execution process and punishments which were given to thieves in earlier days.
