Sardar Government Museum Jodhpur

Every nook and corner of Rajasthan is a story of glorious history and replete with archaeological, cultural & weaponry heritage. Sardar Government Museum , one of the soughtafter tourist attractions in Jodhpur that showcases rich heritage of Marwar region of Rajasthan has its own history and significance. It was designed by Henry Vaughan Lanchester and built during reign of Maharaja Umaid Singh. The museum was originally started in 1909 as Marwar Industrial Museum which developed and became a full-fledged museum in 1911. In 1917, it was namedSardar Museum after Maharaja Sardar Singh. It was shifted to its present building which was specially built for it in the Umaid Gardens in 1955. It consists of different sections like Archaeology, Natural History and Industiial Arts. The museum which contains a complete series of paintings, illustrating several schools of Rajasthan more copiously than in any other place in India or the rest of the world, presented by the Maharaja, lost it, owing to its transfer to the ruler as his property at the time of the integration of the states. The fine library was also separated.