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Maharaja Jai Singh and Vieny Singh were involved in setting up this museum, which is housed in a portion of the old city palace of Alwar. It has a representative collection of sculpture of the region, paintings and manuscripts, and a number of articles belong to the royal family of Alwar, such as textiles, royal robes, turbans and ceremonial gowns.

The museum has a large display of arms, as well as ornamental and ceremonial shields inlaid with gold and silver. Swords and the katar with a variety of different types of hilts - some worked with metals, some ivory, even walrus bone, crystal and jade inlaid with valuable stones - are on display. Fro the lover of traditional Indian art, it is the painting and manuscript sections that are the most attractive. The museum has a copy of the famous Gulistan, written in 1258.

Govt. Museum - Ajmer

The Museum was started in 1908 by the Government of India with the object of collecting and preserving many exceptional objects of antiquarian interest which were lying uncared for and scattered all over Rajasthan. The rajputan Museum as it is considerably named has in its galleries important exhibits from almost all the princely States. There is a library attached to his museum which contains rare books and very important historical publications. The museum's main sections are devoted to Sculptures, epigraphs, Prehistoric antiquities and more.

The Government Museum Bharatpur

Located in the centre of the famous Lohagarh Fort, the Bharatpur Museum houses a rich collection of archaeological riches of the nearby areas as well as from the old Bharatpur State. The huge palatial building Kachahari kalan, once the administrative block of the rulers of Bharatpur state, was changed into a Museum in 1944 AD. Later on, the Kamra Khas building on the first floor was added to the museum. It exhibits sculptures found during the excavation of older villages.
The Museum has been divided into the following sections:

1. Archaeology
2. Armory
3. Arts, Crafts and Industry
4. Children Gallery
5. Miscellaneous

Fort Museum Bikaner

Ganga Mahal, the impressive 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 and inlaid handguns and camel guns. Gold and silver howdahs, jhulas, palkis and a First World War biplane are on vision. Other important objects include a pair of drums belonging to jambhoji, the saint who predicated the establishment of the dynasty by Rao Bika for 450 years. Maharaja Ganga Singh and miniature’s personal items like Photographs are also on view.

Fateh Prakash Palace Museum Chittaurgarh

Inside the historical Chittaurgarh Fort, one big portion of Fateh Prakash Palace was transformed into a museum in the year 1968. The Museum has a large collection of sculptures; among them important ones are Ganpati 8th-9th centuries from Pangarh: lndra and lain Ambica statues from Rashmi village of post medieval period.

The Museum has been divided into a various sections like Archaeology, Coins, Art Gallery, Wood Crafts of Bassi village, Weapons and Tribal Life.

The Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh Museum

This Museum is separated into three main sections; the Textile Gallery in Mubarak Mahal; the Arms Gallery; and the Art Gallery in the Diwan Khana. In the first courtyard, as you enter, stands an attractive little square structure called the Mubarak Mahal.

Government Museum Kota

Initially located in the Hawa Mahal just above the entrance of the fort it has now been shifted to the Brij Vilas Palace and has a new display and decor. The museum possesses several hundred sculptures from diverse cultural centres of the region. In general, the sculptures belong to the period from the 8th to the 12th century A.D. though early specimens of the Gupta period (4th to 5th century A.D.) can also be seen. Sculptures worth mentioning are Shesh Sayi Vishnu from Badoli, Jain image of Vardhaman from Baran and a dancing pair from Ramgarh.