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Museums of Rajasthan

Bikaner Fort Museum

Ganga Mahal, the imposing halls added by Maharaja Ganga Singh, now houses the Fort Museum. It contains a fine collection of antique Rajput weaponry, jade handle daggers, camel hide dhals (shiedls) and inliad handguns and camel guns.Gold and siliver howdahs, jhulas, palkis and a first world war biplane are on view.

Other important objects include a pair of durms belonging to Jambhoji, the saint who predicated the foundation of the dynasty by Rao Bika for 450 years. Photographs and items of personal use by Maharaja Ganga Singh and miniatures are also on view.



Timing : 10 A. M. to 4.30 P.M.



Closed : Friday and gazetted holidays.