Shree Sanjay Sharma Museum & Research Institute — Attraction in Jaipur Municipal Corporation

Sanjay Sharma Museum and Research Institute, located in Jaipur, started in 1955, This museum includes heritage, ancient knowledge, collection of manuscripts, research institute art, see the collection of literature, alchemy, chemistry, astronomy, Ayurveda, and medical related in this museum, In this museum, the art of nation-foreign art, such as glass painting, ceramic pottery, and Indian art is displayed in China, France, Japan and other country’s art, this museum includes painting from 15th century to 19th century. You can also see the painting gallery of Awadh, Tibet, Kishangarh, Orissa, Bihar, in the royal costume gallery main attraction is canopies and turban,

Here are several types of manuscripts like palm leaves, birch banks and thousands of other types of papers, A large number of history lovers tourists visit Sanjay Sharma Museum and Research Institute here. This manuscript is written in many languages such as Arabic Persian Urdu Bengali Telugu, Gujarati, Oriya, Devanagari in different languages. This museum has displayed pictures on various types of clothes. The main purpose of this museum is to establish world-class museums and research to show history and culture.

Best Time to Visit: January to April & October to December

Open and Closing Time : 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Entry Fees: INR 100 (Indian) INR 400 (Overseas Tourist)

Distance from Jaipur Railway Station: 11.3 km

Distance from Jaipur Bus Stand: 10.0 km

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The museum's collection is displayed in six galleries. Glass painting and porcelain gallery displays artworks from 18th to 19th century belonging to Indian schools of art in Shekhawat, Ujjain, Tanjavur, Avadh, and Tamil Nadu, as well as works from China, France, Japan, and other countries. Miniature painting gallery comprises paintings from 15th to 19th century from Jaipur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nathdwara, Bikaner, Orissa, Bundi, Lucknow, Avadh, and Tibet. The textile and costumes gallery has royal costumes, canopies, and turbans displayed mainly of the Jaipur state.  The manuscripts room/library holds thousands of manuscripts on palm leaves, birch bark and various kinds of paper. These manuscripts cover over 200 subjects and are written in 16 languages including Brahmi, Sharda, Tibetan, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Tirhut, Bangla, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, Gurumukhi, and Devanagri. In the cloth painting section, there are different types of pichhvai and cloth paintings dating 17th to 20th century, and belonging to Nathdwara, Kota, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Mathura, Andhra Pradesh, and Mewar, as well as Germany. The art gallery exhibits verses of Quran Sharif on canvas, Janwaj, patchwork of Egypt, philosophical paintings of Jainism, woodcraft of Gujarat and Rajasthan, genealogical painting on Jain...

So I’ll first start off by saying that we were brought here by our tuk-tuk driver, and entered without really questioning what this museum was about, or what we were going to see (I know...we’re such pushovers). Maybe it was the lightning pace in which our mandatory guide (covered in admission) took us through the exhibits and how little, unabashedly, he cared about the job he was doing, but I surprisingly enjoyed this museum. The collection of ancient Indian artifacts (art, manuscripts, textiles and weapons) and condition of said artifacts was absolutely astounding. Sure, the INR 400 entrance fee for foreigners sounds a little steep, but considering we paid more for other sights in Jaipur and felt that we got less, this museum is a steal. If you want a refreshing, no frills alternative for your next museum experience, I can’t recommend this place enough. You won’t be disappointed...or maybe you will? But at least you will have a reason to chuckle at the end whilst you ask yourself, “what...