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Credits
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COORDINATION
iHub drishti foundation, iit jodhpur
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TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISION
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JODHPUR
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PRESENTED BY
DeptT. of archeology & museums, rajasthan
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DEVELOPMENT
Vizara Technologies PRIVATE LIMITED
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AUDIO CREDITS: KESARIYA BALAM
ASEEN & SIKENDER KHA LANGA©
Alwar Museum
Since 1940 • City Palace, Alwar
Alwar Museum, established in 1940, is spread over three halls and four galleries. It has unique collections of Sculptures, Inscriptions, Musical Instruments, Stuffed Birds and Animals, Textiles, Ivory artefacts, Marble objects, Paintings and Manuscripts in Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu as well as the arms and armoury of state rulers.
BHARATPUR Museum
Since 1944 • Lohagarh Fort, Bharatpur
With a collection of artefacts dating as far back as the 2nd century, the Bharatpur museum provides an enriching experience to the visitor through the displays of antiques, sculptures, ancient inscriptions, weapons, manuscripts, zoological specimens, terracotta items, local arts and crafts and paintings.
Bundi Museum
Since 2016 • Sukh Mahal Complex in Bundi city, Bundi
The Bundi museum houses a collection of various artefacts including Arms, Ammunition, Sculptures and Paintings. Arms and ammunition that were used in contemporary times during war, specially by the royal household, are a major attraction in the museum.
Baran Museum
Since 2020 • Hadoti province of Rajasthan, Baran
The Baran Museum was created to preserve the rich culture of the surrounding areas, mainly to house all the sculptures that were scattered across the ruins of the temples around this area. It houses a collection of Sculptures, Paintings, Weapons, Decorative Arts, and Photos of local buildings.
Chittorgarh Museum
Since 1968 • Fateh Prakash Palace of Chittorgarh, Chittorgarh
The Chittorgarh Museum, located at the Fatah Prakash Palace of Chittorgarh, houses collections of Weapons, Statues, Paintings, Pots, Beads, Craft Objects, Frescos, Metallic Objects, Inscriptions and Terracotta Figures. An interesting aspect of the exhibits in the museum includes clay models of local tribes wearing traditional outfits. All these exhibits range from ancient to modern times.
WELCOME TO
Digital Museums
of Rajasthan
About Digital Museums
The 5 Rajasthan Government museums at the Indian cities of Alwar, Chittorgarh, Baran, Bundi, and Bharatpur in Rajasthan are home to a vast treasure of Rajasthan’s rich culture and history.
Let us take you on an exciting exploration journey where you will delve into the digitally created, realistic replicas of these Museums. Here you will get a holistic, immersive experience of walking through computer-generated 3D premises of these Digital Museums.
Augmented with 360 degree, interactive 3D models of the museum artifacts, pre-defined tours to take you through a guided experience with enhanced imagery & descriptions, and easy to navigate controls; these Digital Museums are a step towards the future of digitizing India’s rich heritage.
Alwar
Since 1940 Museum
Alwar
Since 1940 Museum
City Palace
The Alwar museum was established in 1940. It is located within the vicinity of the City Palace of Alwar. The museum features a display of the rich heritage of the state of Rajasthan. The foundation of this building was laid in 1793 CE by Raja Bakhtawar Singh of Alwar. The museum blends the Rajputana and Islamic architectural styles and has marble pavilions on lotus-shaped bases in its courtyard, overlooking an emerald-coloured lake. Prior to opening its doors to the public, the museum was a private repository of the royal family. The museum houses a collection of manuscripts in Persian, Sanskrit, Urdu including Gulistan, Baburnama, Shahnama and similar literary artefacts; Ragamala paintings and miniatures, and collections of the arms and armoury of the state rulers- including many variants of Shields, Swords, Pistols, Rifles and Daggers.
Bharatpur
Since 1944 Museum
Bharatpur
Since 1944 Museum
Lohagarh, Rajasthan
The Government Museum of Bharatpur was established on November 11, 1944. It has a massive collection of antiquities of historic and artistic importance. In the Archaeology section, there are several sculptures and artful slabs of stone related to Jainism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism and other sects. On its upper storey, various types of local handicrafts and stuffed wild animals are displayed. In the Arms section, many kinds of arms and armoury which were used by the Jat warriors and some that were acquired from the British, are displayed beautifully. Artistic work on the guns and swords is very attractive. Besides the exhibited material in the galleries, other main attractions of the Museum are - the Darbar Hall, the Choubhaga Chaman Bageechi, Kothi Khaas or Kamra Khaas, the Chhappan Khambha and a bath of Indo-Irani style also known as "Persian Bath'' of the Mughal Period.
Bundi
Since 2016 Museum
Bundi
Since 2016 Museum
Sukh Mahal Complex in Bundi city
Government Museum, Bundi was established in historical protected monument Sukhmahal compound. The Sukhmahal was built by Rao Raja Vishnu Singh of Bundi in last quarter of the 18th century on the embankment of Jaitsagar Lake under the supervision of his Diwan architect Sukhram. Rudyard Kipling, a famous English writer had stayed in this palace and wrote a unique description of the beauty of Bundi. This museum was opened for public on 16 June 2016. The stone sculpture of hadoti region, miniatures of Kota and Bundi’ school and arms have been displayed in the museum. The sculptures of ascetic Parvati, Durga, Snake couple, Naravarah, Agni & Anal Vasu and Social life related sculptures are notable of them. Among the Kota and Bundi style of paintings, Krishna lila, Royal men, Nayak & Nayika and hunting scenes are prominent in these. Stone implements, arrows, shields, swords, various types guns, daggers, spears pistols, revolvers etc items are put on show in different subjectwise showcases in the arms gallery. Some weapons may be treated as excellent works of art. Handaxes, cores cleavers and copper celt and chisel, acquired from ancient sites of Bundi district, are exhibited in the first showcase of the gallery.
Baran
Since 2020 Museum
Baran
Since 2020 Museum
Hadoti province of Rajasthan
Government Museum, Baran situated in old civil line area in city. It was opened for Public on 20 August 2020. The Sculpture heritage have been displayed here, were acquired from Kakoni, Atru, Vilas, Ramgarh, Kelwara, Shergarh, Badora’s temple sites of Baran district. Exhibited Sculptures are enabling to know the development of sculptural art of this region. Hadoti region was under the parmar rulers of malwa in 11th-12th centuries. Many temples were built by Parmars in this region are notworthy. Exhibited photographs of ancient edifices and forts are give us a knowledge of architecture of such monuments. 19thcentury stone, glass wooden, lacquer, metals made art fine specimens are arranged subjectwise in Decorative art gallery. Some beautiful models of Vegetable seller, kalbeliya, Barber, Bhisti, Sahukar, Holymen, Sweeper, Rebarican be viewed in this gallery. Barahmasa and Ragmala miniatures are mainly on view in the painting gallery. In the arms gallery, medieval in Princely state times’s weapons are exhibited in novel manner. The guns, jambura and ramchangi are other attraction on show. In folk culture gallery, festivals, occasions, folk-dance and folk-life are showed through dioramas.
Chittorgarh
Since 1968 Museum
Chittorgarh
Since 1968 Museum
Fateh Prakash Palace of Chittorgarh
The Chittorgarh museum, located at the Fateh Prakash Palace of Chittorgarh, was started in 1968. The palace was built by Maharana Fateh Singh (1884-1930) of Mewar. The museum building is a double storeyed building and towers made on its corner are visible from a distance of about 6-7 km. It is rectangular in shape having four domes with coloured glass work created by Bassi artists. It has the Darbar Hall situated in the upper storey. Ancient stone icons (statues), weapons, portraits and models related to the art and culture of Mewar and full size portraits of legends of Mewar are exhibited in the museum. Weapon room, archaeology and sculpture room, painting room and gun room are there in a long gallery of the museum. Photographs of ancient temples and monuments of Chittorgarh Fort are also displayed here.
