Highlights
The objects we would show you first
Nobody browses two and a half thousand objects cold. This is the short route: a small number of objects that carry the range of the collection between them.
Objects
Photography is in progress
Objects appear here as they are photographed to publication standard and catalogued. Nothing is shown before it can be shown properly.
The nine galleries
- 01JewelleryGold, kundan, meenakari, polki, filigree and thewaNot yet catalogued online
- 02SilverwareWine decanters, hookahs, rose-water sprinklers — and some 250 antique silver hookah mouthpieces, shown over an in-built pondNot yet catalogued online
- 03Textiles & CostumesEmbroidered prayer mats, woven carpets, Kashmiri shawls, Persian carpets and vintage footwearNot yet catalogued online
- 04Paintings & ManuscriptsRajasthani royal miniatures, epic scenes, and manuscripts on palm leaf and wasliNot yet catalogued online
- 05Decorative ArtsBidri-ware, wooden inlay, glassware, jade carvings and traditional gamesNot yet catalogued online
- 06NumismaticsMauryan to the British Raj, including the minuscule gold coins of the Hoysala and Vijayanagara empiresNot yet catalogued online
- 07Arms & ArmouryDaggers, arrows, hunting knives, guns and shields, from the seventeenth century onwardNot yet catalogued online
- 08JainismEmbroidered textile scrolls, illustrated manuscripts and miniature paintings, from the seventeenth century onwardNot yet catalogued online
- 09AccessoriesVintage watches and clocks, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century eyewearNot yet catalogued online
These objects are in one room in Jaipur
Gyan Museum is open by prior appointment only. Please book before you travel.