Fort Museum (Bikaner)
Location :
Junagarh Fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan
On Display :
Antique Rajput Weaponary, WW1st Biplane
The city of Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan is also replete with museums including the Fort Museum of Junagarh Fort. This Fort museum in Bikaner has a fine collection of antique Rajput, weaponry, jade handle daggers, camel hide and inlaid handguns and camel guns. Cold and silver howdahs, jhulas, kis, and a First World War biplane are on display. Other important items include a pair of drums belonging to jamblioji, the mystic who forecast the foundation of the dynasty by Rao Bika for 450 years. Photographs and items of domestic use by Maharaja Ganga Singh and miniatures are also on display.
Timings:
10.00 am To 4.30 pm
Closed : Friday and gazetted holidays.
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