Overview
The Watson Museum, viewed as truly outstanding
among the seven such galleries situated across Saurashtra and oversaw by the
Gujarat state government, has assortments of valuable articles from the august
State of Rajkot established by the Jadeja Rajputs. It holds significant articles,
relics, photos, a reference library, and the exhibition hall's distribution is
sold through a counter. Additionally, the exhibition hall is considered as one
of the best and biggest wide-going galleries of Gujarat.
The assortment houses artistic creations and relics
gave by the different regal families, broad memorabilia of Colonial rule, and
impact with materials and gems portraying Bharwads, Ahirs, Darbars, and other
native individuals of the area. There is likewise an intriguing assortment of
Indus Valley Civilization antiquities collected from different locales around
the Saurashtra area.
Consistently, during the second seven day stretch
of January, the gallery coordinates a yearly occasion called the Bhartiya Shilp
Samruddhi which is centered around protecting the social legacy of India. This
occasion ordinarily goes on for a week and draws in craftsmanship devotees and
specialists from everywhere the country.
History
of Watson Museum
The historical center is set up in the Queen
Victoria dedication establishment structures situated in Jubilee Garden,
Rajkot. The exhibition hall was named in affectionate memory of Colonel John
Watson in 1888 who was a British political specialist of the Kathiawar Agency
from 1881 to 1889. Watson Museum is the second most significant gallery in
Gujarat, after the Museum of Baroda, and is the most seasoned historical center
in Saurashtra. Colonel Watson was enamored with history and prehistoric studies
and used to gather data on Rajkot. The majority of his assortments and
different antiquities are safeguarded here. The exhibition hall building was
finished in 1893 and opened to the general population by Governor Lord George
Harris of the Bombay Presidency.
The Watson Museum displays duplicates of ancient
rarities from Mohenjodaro, normal history, thirteenth century carvings,
sanctuary sculptures, ensembles, and the plan of the places of the nearby
ancestral individuals. The Watson Museum likewise houses a great assortment of
conventional, archeological things and coins.
While the historical center's archaic exploration
display additionally brags of ancient rarities of the ancient time frame and
the Harappan human advancement in the antiquarianism exhibition, a fortune of
models having a place with recent Ghumali – a capital of Jethwa – elegance the
figure exhibition.
Attractions:
Figures
Compositions and Manuscripts
Material
Engraving
Coins
Human studies
People Embroidery
Craftsmanship
Instruments
Wood Work
Regular History
Rocks
and Minerals
Timings
of Watson Museum:
9:00 AM to 01:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM,
Shut on Wednesday and second and fourth Saturday
and Government Public Holiday