Government Museum, Ajmer, Rajasthan India

This Government Museum is situated inside the Akbar’s fort in Ajmer, also known as Magazine. It was established in Oct. 1908 under the initiative of Lord Curzon and Sir John Marshall, the then Director General of Archaeology in India. Later on developed by its first Superintendent, Pandit Gaurishankar Heerachand Ojha. The aim of which is to focus the cultural heritage of the region through its exhibits. The museum primarily consist of Sculptures, inscriptions, pre-historic section, miniature paintings, arms and armor and objects of art and crafts.

ts collection includes 652 stone sculptures, 84 inscriptions, 3986 coins, 18 metallic objects, 149 miniature paintings, 75 arms & armour, 363 teracottas and 128 objects of local art & craft and pre-historic objects.

There are several sections within the museum such as Archaeology, Armory, Arts, Crafts and Industry, Children Gallery and the miscellaneous section. A rare collection of miniature paintings on the leaves of Peepal trees, mica, old litho papers and some of the finest paintings of the Maharajas of Bharatpur can be glimpsed inside the Art Gallery. For armour enthusiasts the collection of 'Chaddra', miniature canons of 18th century, displayed in two sets of eleven each will be sight to see. These were used in the battles fought within the territory of Jaipur by Maharaja Sawai Jawahar Singh. Another interesting array of artifacts constitutes of exhibits of Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra, a mosque built from the ruins of Hindu and Jain temples on the same site within two and a half days. These are accompanied by the precious objects from the Gupta dynasty to the late medieval era.