Jaipur, ‘The Pink City’ is the perfect blend of royal and traditional art and culture. Museums are a great place to see collections of art and craft and specimens of the historical times. Jaipur embraces a number of fine museums, which clutch a huge collection of things that probably have remained unseen.

Jaipur comprises of three main museums: The Central Museum, City Palace Museum, and Dolls Museum.

All three museums showcase several varieties of art and craft. Majorly, the museums were built during 18-19th century. These not only preserve the local specimens of art and culture, but also showcase varieties of international art and craft.

For instance, the Egyptian Mummy at the Central Museum, dolls of international attires at Dolls Museum-such as USA, Mexico, and Sweden etc.

The Central Museum is the one that is managed by the Government. It houses about 19000 objects all together related to the rare old times. This place is a specialty of the city with the architecture of the building, offering a great view.

Museum’s carving is done according to the Indo-Sarcenic technique of architecture. The City Palace Museum is a segment of the palace.
This royal palace serves as a current day residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur. Built in 19th century, the museum showcases several awe-inspiring art and craft articles belonging to the bygone era of royalty. Besides the specimens, the palace itself is worth a visit.

As one visits the museum, he gets an opportunity to visit the entire palace. This palace is beautifully carved which allures several visitors. On the entrance way itself, you will discover two brilliantly carved elephant sculptures, which are made of pure white shimmering marble. The main attraction of the entire visit will be, two huge vessels made out of silver.

Another museum is the Dolls Museum of the city. It consists of an enormous collection of dolls from all over the world.