Crystal Gallery
Crystal gallery is inside City Palace
Phone: 0294 241 9021
The beautiful Crystal Gallery is certainly one of its kind with innumerable rare and unique crystals on display. Established by Maharana Sajjan Singhji, the gallery is almost 129 years old. It was opened for the general public only around 1994 before which the crystals were said to be underground.
The gallery is said to be the world’s single largest private collection of crystals at one place. The location of the collection is on the first floor of the elegant Durbar Hall Sabhagaar or Minto Hall (Named after the Indian Viceroy).
It was in the year 1877 the Maharana Sajjan Singh (1874 – 1884) ordered the crystal collection from Birmingham based F&C Osler glass cutters company. He died before the crystal chairs, beds, sofas, glasses, dinner sets and flywhisks arrived in Udaipur. Successors thought this was a bad omen and the extraordinary bequest stayed packed in boxes for 110 years. The admission fee to the crystal gallery includes the entry charges to the grand Durbar Hall of the Fateh Prakash Palace and a drink in the Gallery Restaurant.
The exquisite crystal items in the gallery range from dining table, table, sofa set, washing bowl, goblet, tray, decanter, to perfume bottles, candle stands, crockery and even beds. The highlight of the gallery is a jewel studded carpet, embodying peerless class.
The gallery even exhibits a Royal punkah (manually operated fan) in crystal and soft red satin material with the Mewar emblem of the Sun embroidered on it.
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Visiting hours : 09.00 to 17.30hrs.
Entry : Adult : Rs.550/- and Children 5-12 years Rs.350/-
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