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Adding short description: "Museum in Rajasthan, India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Museum in Rajasthan, India}}
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| name = Sardar Government Museum, Jodhpur
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| established = 1909
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| location = Public Park (Ummed Bagh)<br />[[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], India
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| website = [http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in/museum/jodhpur Official site]
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The '''Sardar Government Museum''' (also known as Jodhpur Government Museum, Jodhpur State Museum or Museum Jodhpur) is located in Public Park (Ummed Bagh), [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], India. The museum is named after [[Sardar Singh of Jodhpur|Sardar Singh]], a maharaja of Jodhpur, and was constructed under the reign of his son, Maharaja [[Umed Singh]]. It was built by [[Henry Vaughan Lanchester]] in 1909 and formally opened to public on 17 March 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jodhpurindia.net/museums/government-museum.html|title=Government Museum Jodhpur - Government Museum Jodhpur Rajasthan|website=Jodhpurindia.net|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/rajasthan/sardar-government-museum-jodhpur.html|title=Sardar Government Museum Jodhpur Rajasthan|website=Tourmyindia.com|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref> The area of the museum is approx. 18,000 sq.ft. On 22 June 2018, the re-planned museum was inaugurated by Smt. Vasundhara Raje, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
[[File:Jodhpur Govt. Museum .png|thumb|262x262px]]
[[File:Miniature Gallery - Sardar Government Museum.jpg|thumb|262x262px]]
[[File:Sculptural Gallery (2) - Jodhpur Govt Museum.jpg|thumb|261x261px]]

==Collection==
The current collection consist of:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in/museums_jodhpur.htm|title=The Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Rajasthan|first=Developed Exclusively by Jaipur|last=Info.|website=museumsrajasthan.gov.in|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref>
* 397 stone sculptures
* 10 inscriptions
* 1951 miniature paintings
* 12 terracotta
* 32 metallic objects
* 178 arms
* 111,703 coins
* 4107 miscellaneous objects

The museum is divided into four sections—the archaeological, armory, art and craft and historical sections. It is particularly rich in weapons, textiles, miniature portraits and local arts and crafts.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://museumsrajasthan.gov.in/museums_jodhpur.htm Official Webpage]

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[[Category:Museums in Rajasthan]]

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