29/11/2021
Albert Hall - The Central Museum Jaipur
The Central Museum in Jaipur, popularly known as Albert Hall, is located at the south end of Ram Niwas Garden. This public garden, spread over an area of seventy acres, has been extended with zoological and ornithological wings. Ram Singh II employed Dr De Fabeek to landscape and lay out the Ram Niwas Garden, in which the Central Museum stands. For those with a desire to see yet more animals, there is a small zoo on the west side of the garden. Albert Hall is a prime tourist attraction of Jaipur and is visited by most of the tourists as a must-see destination. It exhibits a vast collection of metal-ware, ivory carving, jewelry, textile, and pottery in addition to sculptures and paintings from all parts of Rajasthan. The foundation stone of the Albert Hall was laid in 1876 by King Albert Edward (Prince of Wales). The Prince of Wales christened the building after his deceased father, Prince Albert. The building Albert Hall, since 1887, has housed the museum and, in a separate wing, the Durbar Hall. The building, designed by Sir Swinton Jacob, indicates that architectural niceties were inclined more towards functionality rather than appearance.
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