Albert Hall
Museum is a museum located in Jaipur district of Rajasthan state of India. This
is the oldest museum in Rajasthan. This museum is in front of the new door of
the CT wall on the outside of "Rama Niwas Garden". This is a building
built in "Indo-Arabic Style". It was designed by Sir Samuel Swinton
Jacob and it was opened in 1887 as a public museum.
Maharaja Ram
Singh wanted that it be made a Town Hall, but "Madho Singh II decided that
it should be made a museum of art for Jaipur and it is considered to be part of
the Ram Niwas garden. It is also known as "Government Central Museum".
This museum offers many old paintings, old paintings, elephant teeth, precious
stone, metal, statues and many other objects.
When the
foundation stone of Albert Hall was laid during the visit of the Prince of
Wales, Albert Edward to Jaipur in 1876, it had yet to be determined what use it
would be put to. There were some suggestions about cultural or educational use
or as a town hall. However in 1880 Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II approved a
suggestion by Dr. Thomas Holbein Hendley, Resident Surgeon to open a museum of Industrial Arts to
display products of local craftsmen. A small museum was created in 1881 in
temporary accommodation and proved most popular. Additionally, Hendley in 1883
mounted a Jaipur Exhibition at Naya Mahal (old Vidhan Sabha). The purpose of
these exercises was to acquaint local craftsmen with the best examples of art
work and handicrafts of India to inspire them to improve their skills, thereby
protecting and preserving traditional art and reviving skills, while providing
greater employment for artisans. It was also the intention that the display
would help to educate youth in a wide variety of fields, entertain and inform
the people of Jaipur.
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