The collection
Nine galleries, three thousand years
The museum holds more than 2,500 objects across 9 galleries. The building is concentric: each gallery opens onto the next, so a visit runs as one continuous circuit. Online the same circuit is a list, and every object has a permanent address.
The nine galleries
Each gallery below leads to its objects, its materials and its dates.
- 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
Other ways in
- HighlightsA short route through the collection, chosen by the curators. Start here if you have ten minutes.
- Three thousand yearsThe dated objects arranged in order, from the earliest coin to the twentieth century.
- Search the collectionThe index understands trade and craft terms: kundan, jadau, meenakari, polki, thewa, bidri, mukhnal.
- Show me somethingOne object, chosen at random. The way a curator opens a drawer.
Browse by
Every object is catalogued by what it is made of, how it was made, where it was made, when, and the colours it carries. Each route below opens a single filter.
Material
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Technique
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Place
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Period
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Colour
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These objects are in one room in Jaipur
Gyan Museum is open by prior appointment only. Please book before you travel.