For whom was the Albert Hall of Jaipur, a royal gift or the heritage of the public? Watch and learn everything in this 2 minute video
News Update April 24, 2025 03:28 PM

Rajasthan News Desk !!! You will also agree with this that old things have a different importance. History and its information always attracts our mind. Pink city Jaipur has such a unique center of world history that opens up a lot of secrets for us not only for Rajasthan or India but also the oldest civilizations of the world.

The 150 -year -old Albert Hall located in the center of Jaipur city, the history of Rajasthan and the architecture of the British, the world's oldest civilization, Egypt's secrets are included inside themselves, which will surprise you. The main attraction here is twenty -three hundred years old mummy brought from Egypt, this mummy is the woman of the priest family of the Egyptian royal family, whose many remains are safe even today.

We are talking about Albert Hall, the largest and oldest museum of Jaipur, which was built by Maharaja Ramsingh. The building, standing as an ideal of Indo-Saracenic architecture, was named after Prince of Whales, Albert Edward. Equipped with lush green gardens, the foundation of Albert Hall was laid on 6th February eighteen hundred and six, when Albert Edward came to India. The galleries of the museum have a collection of antiques and artifacts from the past that will surprise you. Here is the ancient coins, marble art, pottery, carpets and especially Egyptian mummies, which are one of the most attractive places in Jaipur to visit the history as well as tourists, so let's introduce you to the history, architecture, structure of the Albert Hall Museum, when and who made it and who made it here

The history of Albert Hall in Jaipur is about 150 years old, the foundation of which was laid on 6th February eighteen hundred Chhuth during the visit of Prince of Wales Albert Edward. And this building is named after these. Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh wanted Albert Hall to be a town hall, while some ministers suggested to take it in cultural or educational use. After which on the suggestion of Maharaja Sawai Madhosinh II in eighteen hundred eighty, to display the art of local artisans, it was made a temporary museum in eighteen hundred hundreds. The construction of Albert Hall was completed by Samuel Swinton Jacob, Director of Jaipur PWD in eighteen hundred Sattasi. It was duly inaugurated by Sir Edward Bradford in eighteen hundred Sattasi. It was spent about Rs 5,01,036 to build this magnificent building. In 2008, this museum was the largest rebuilding ever.

Albert Hall is a great example of Indo Saracenic architecture. Whose corridors are decorated with mural paintings in a variety of styles, portraying European, Egypt, Chinese, Greek and Babylonian civilizations. There is ancient coins, marble art, pottery, carpets and especially mummies brought from Egypt. Albert Hall has several entertaining gallery, which demonstrate objects and treasures from the nineteenth century to ancient times. So let's go inside the Albert Hall Museum and the pages of history start to turn where the mummy of Tutu attracts us the most

Egyptian mummy, one of the most prestigious historical collections in the museum, is Egyptian mummy, attracting tourists. This mummy gives us very important information about the piramids of Giza, the civilization of the Neel River and the amazing process of preserving the ancient carpet of Egypt as mummy. The twenty -year -old Mummy, kept here, belongs to Tutu of the priest family of the Egyptian royal family, which was converted into a mummy in the time of 322 BC. This mummy was brought to Jaipur from Cairo city in Egypt in the year eighteen hundred and eighty in the 19th century. Along with the mummy of Tutu, 399 historical items to Egyptian civilization were also brought to Jaipur. Which display the deities of Egypt, civilization, food, costumes, customs.

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