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Museum About 7 km from us

Albert Hall Museum

Albert Hall Museum, Rajasthan's oldest: 2026 timings and tickets, Tutu the Egyptian mummy, the Persian garden carpet, and why you should come back after dark.

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Why go

From us
About 7 km
Time needed
1–1.5 hours
Best time
Late afternoon
Entry
₹100 Indian, ₹600 foreign

A Victorian dream in Ram Niwas Garden

The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, laid the foundation stone in February 1876. Samuel Swinton Jacob designed the building in the Indo-Saracenic style, with Rajput domes and arches over the grand halls of a Victorian museum, and it opened to the public in 1887.

After dark

In the evening, floodlights turn the sandstone gold against the sky and the garden fills with families. Even if you don't go in, a walk round the outside is one of the nicest things to do in Jaipur at night.

Dinner next door

Masala Chowk, an open-air food court run by the Jaipur Development Authority, sits in the same garden. It brings stalls from across the city together in one place. Not every stall is vegetarian, so ask if it matters.

What to see

  • Illustration: Albert Hall Museum illuminated at blue hour

    The building

    Domed pavilions, carved stone screens and deep arcades. Best in the last of the light.
  • Illustration: A painted gallery of display cases inside Albert Hall Museum

    Galleries of everyday art

    Miniature paintings, pottery, brass and metalwork, arms and armour, and coins, laid out in painted halls.

  1. Tutu, the Egyptian mummy

    A woman from Ptolemaic Egypt, between about 322 and 30 BCE, displayed in her own gallery.

  2. The Persian garden carpet

    Woven in Kerman around 1600, its pattern is a formal garden divided by water channels. One of the museum's great treasures.

Plan your visit

Opening hours

Daytime, from 9 AM

Evening openings have run on many nights. Confirm today's hours on the state booking site.

Entry

₹100 Indian adults, ₹600 foreign adults

Students pay less. Prices revised from 1 January 2026.

Composite ticket

Included in the state's Jaipur composite ticket

Getting there

About 7 km, just outside the walled city

Checked on 2 November 2026. Hours, prices and rules change, so check before you set out, or ask us on the morning.

Sources

Tips from the family

  • See the galleries in the late afternoon, then step outside as the lights come on
  • Masala Chowk, in the same garden, is an easy dinner

Questions people ask

See it with us

Days we plan for guests, with a car and driver from our door.

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