Rajasthan Museums & Art Galleries

Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum
Explore royal treasures at the Ganga Government Museum in Bikaner with Indian Horizons. Also known as the Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum.
Explore royal treasures at the Ganga Government Museum in Bikaner . Also known as the Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum, the Ganga Government Museum in Bikaner.Maharaja Ganga Singhji founded this great cultural center, it was a small red sandstone building positioned close to Lalgarh Palace.
Originally established near the Lalgarh Palace in 1937 on the eve of the Golden jubilee celebrations of Maharaja Ganga Singh, this museum in Bikaner was shifted to a new building in the Civil lines in 1954. The main exhibits of the museum can be classified as local arts and crafts of the region, sculptures, terracotta and bronze items, arms and weapons, miniatures and litho prints of the British interpretation of the war of Independence of 1857.
The first floor of the Ganga Government Museum is adorned with life size portraits of the Maharajas of Bikaner and several English personages of significance. See artifacts and crafts made of wood, metal and glass on display on the second floor of the Ganga Government Museum.
Attractive gilded golf leaf paintings on camel hides, crafts made by Usta craftsmen, enchanting glasswork and more, as you enjoy a fascinating rendezvous with royal Bikaner on your tours to the Ganga Government Museum.
Timing : 10 AM to 5 PM
Closed : Sunday and all gazetted holidays.