Located in the centre of the famous Lohagarh Fort, the Bharatpur Museum
houses a rich collection of archaeological wealth of the nearby areas as
well as from the old Bharatpur State.
The huge palatial building Kachahari kalan, once the administrative block
of the rulers of Bharatpur state, was converted into a Museum in 1944 AD.
Later on, the Kamra Khas (personal chamber) building on the first floor
was added to the museum. It exhibits sculptures found during the escavation
of old villages e.g. Noh, Mallah, Bareh, Bayana etc. ranging from the Kushan
period (Ist century A.D.) to 19th century A.D. Weapons used in battles in
the medieval period the Jat rulers, paintings, manuscripts, zoological specimens,
localart and carft that was once Bharatpur.
The Art Gallery of the museum has specimens of miniature paintings on leaves
of the peepal tree, mica and old lithopapers alongwith the paintings of
the Maharajas of Bharatpur. On the upper stroy one section consists of various
tyupes of guns & miniature canons used during 18th centrurry A.D. Called
'Chaddra'.
These miniature canons - two sets of eleven each, were used by Maharaja
Sawai Jawahar Singh in the battle while passing through the Jaipur territory
on his return from a pilgrimage to Pushkar. The whole museum has been divided
into the following sections : 1. Archaeology 2. Armoury 3. Arts,Crafts and
Industry 4. Children Gallery 5. Miscellaneous
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