Sitapura, Jaipur · Guided visits, booked ahead
History through the lens of a legend.
More than 2,500 works gathered by Gyan Chand Dhaddha (1940–2004), across about 3,000 years of cultural heritage.
Visiting
A Guided Experience
Discover the collection at GYAN Museum through a privately guided journey, exploring the stories, objects and ideas that shape it.
Monday–Saturday · 10 AM–6 PM · By appointment
The museum in figures
2,500+
objects
3,000
years
The collection
A World of Collected Treasures
Five decades of collecting, bringing together jewellery, silver, textiles, paintings, manuscripts and arms under one roof.
- 01JewelleryGold, kundan, meenakari, polki, filigree and thewa
- 02SilverwareWine decanters, hookahs, rose-water sprinklers — and some 250 antique silver hookah mouthpieces, shown over an in-built pond
- 03Textiles & CostumesEmbroidered prayer mats, woven carpets, Kashmiri shawls, Persian carpets and vintage footwear
- 04Paintings & ManuscriptsRajasthani royal miniatures, epic scenes, and manuscripts on palm leaf and wasli
- 05Decorative ArtsBidri-ware, wooden inlay, glassware, jade carvings and traditional games
- 06Arms & ArmouryDaggers, arrows, hunting knives, guns and shields, from the seventeenth century onward
The collector
Gyan Chand Dhaddha, 1940–2004
Gyan Chand Dhaddha was a naturalist, a collector and a gemmologist. At sixteen he was given two jewelled silver hookah mouthpieces; he kept them, and then he kept looking. For five decades he bought what held his attention rather than what the market valued — silver, jewellery, textiles, miniature paintings, manuscripts, coins, arms, watches. The two mouthpieces became some 250. He died in 2004, and the collection he left runs to more than 2,500 objects across 3,000 years. His family opened it to the public in 2016. Nothing here was bought to complete a set.
The building
Designed by Paul Mathieu
The museum is built as a set of concentric rings in white marble by Paul Mathieu. Its curved spaces and changing sightlines make the building a quiet setting for the collection.
Film · A glimpse inside the museum
Who has been through it
A Museum Beyond Borders
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Princess Diya Kumari
Vasundhara Raje
Maria Grazia Chiuri
Lucia Silvestri
Sharmila Tagore
Amrita Rao
Shobha De
Visit
Sitapura, Jaipur
Visiting
Visits to Gyan Museum are guided and booked ahead, so someone is ready to welcome you. Please book before you travel.
- Address
- G-1/21-23, Gems and Jewellery Zone, EPIP, Sitapura Industrial Area, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302022, India
- Opening hours
- Monday to Saturday, 10am–6pm · Guided visits, booked ahead
- Telephone
- +91 72298 88866
Gyan Museum, Sitapura
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Also from the family
GYANJAIPUR
“Combining timeless designs with a discerning modern style and a Western aesthetic, GYAN Jaipur draws its inspiration from the beautiful city of colours — Jaipur, one of the creative capitals of the world.”
The family that assembled this collection has made jewellery in Jaipur since 1988, first as Gem Plaza and, since 2017, as GYAN Jaipur — a contemporary collection drawn from the objects in these galleries. It is a separate house with its own shop, and the only place on this site where anything is for sale.