The museum has finest collection of Mughal and Rajput painting dating back to
the 18th and 19th centuries and some rare ancient manuscripts in Persian., Arabic,
urdu and Sanskrit gulistan (the garden of rose) Waqiat-I-Babri (autobiography
of the Mughal emperor Babar) and Bostan the garden of spring) are some of the
notable once amongst the collection.
It also has a copy of the great epic 'Mahabarat' painted by the artist of the
Alwar school. A rich collection of the Indian armory is among other exhibits
of the museum. Behind the city palace is an artificial lake built in 1815 A.D.
by Maharaj Vinay Singh with few temples along its banks. A marvelous chhatri
with unusual Bengali roof and arches, also known as the Moosi Maharani Ki Chhatri
is situated in this area.
