Exhibition on Lt. Col. James Tod

On January 6th, 2018, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur organized an exhibition at Mor Chowk with reference to Lt. Col. James Tod, who was a British political agent of erstwhile western Rajput states. This was to mark 200 years of the signing of the treaty of mutual friendship between Maharana Bhim Singh (r. 1778-1828) and the East India Company on 13th January, 1818. The exhibition continued till 30th January.

Exhibition on Lt. Col. James Tod displayed at Mor Chowk

Initiating painting conservation at the conservation lab

Conservation of works on paper was started at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur's conservation lab. Two historic paintings from the collection of the Museum were brought into the lab in order to be examined under microscopes. Treatment of these paintings will be undertaken to ensure their stability and longevity.

Conservators examining the paintings under microscopes

Photography of silver trophies

Professional photography of silver trophies from the Museum's collection was done by Mr. Prashant Lohar, Archive and Conservation Assistant, Museum Archives of Maharanas of Mewar and team.

Mr. Prashant Lohar photographing Silver Trophies

Restoration work of North East corner of Lakshmi Chowk Zenana Mahal

The restoration work of NE area of Lakshmi Chowk at Zenana Mahal that started in June 2017 is under process. In the month of November the ghutai work has almost reached the final stage of commencement.

Work in progress at the North East corner of Lakshmi Chowk Zenana Mahal