Albert Hall Jaipur – All You need to know

December 18, 2015

Albert Hall Jaipur is a perfect example of indo-saracenic architecture, mainly built in 1880. Albert hall was imagination of Prince of Wales.

About Albert Hall Jaipur

Have you ever seen an Egyptian mummy belonging to the Ptolemaic Era in India? Oh yes! you read it right. Albert Hall is one of the oldest museum in Rajasthan. The virtual tour of Albert hall in Jaipur will give you a glimpse of courtyards, different galleries showing culture of Rajasthan, equipments of war etc. If you want to know about the culture and traditions of Rajasthan, you must visit Albert Hall museum.

Different collections in the Albert Hall Museum are as follows –

Metal art.
Rajasthan Royal Paintings
Traditional Royal outfits
Ancient Crafts And Sculptures
Arms and armour
International art
Pottery
Miniature paintings
Clay art
Enamelling and studding jewels
Sketches and Models
Woodwork, Toys and Dolls

Visitors can also witness different forms of Rajasthani Dance and Music in the gallery.

Events at Albert Hall Jaipur

Apart from culture and attraction,
Albert hall had been a spot for a very famous musical show ‘Coke Studio‘ of MTV.
It was aired on 18^th oct 2015 at 7:PM,
many performances were given by talented musicians and singers.

Vintage Car Show at Albert Hall Museum Jaipur during Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit 2015.

Albert Hall History

Albert Hall museum is named after the Prince Albert of Britain who was the husband of Queen Victoria. Albert Hall was designed by the famous British Architect, Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob. On 6th of February 1876 the foundation stone was laid by Prince Albert and it took ten years to build the beautiful Museum.
In 1876, Prince of Wales visited Pink city to give idea about Albert Hall Jaipur to our great king Sawai Madho Singh II, there were some doubts related to its utilization, however in 1880 Sawai Madho Singh approved its construction, using Albert hall as a palace of culture and education for his town. Albert hall is famous as museum, it is one of the tourist attraction in Jaipur.