Photoshoot by Mr. Neil Greentree, USA at Textiles and Costumes Gallery

On 10th April 2018 Mr. Neil Greentree an expert in Museum Photography and recently retired from Freer-Sackler Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., was invited to City Palace Museum, Udaipur to do photography for the forthcoming publication 'The Mewar Regalia: Textile, Costumes and Accessories' (tentative). The Photography studio was set up in Bhupal Prakash, where, the collection is temporarily stored. Along with the studio photography, few outdoor shoots had also been carried out under meticulous supervision of Ms. Jyoti Jasol and Ms. Smita Singh, Textile Conservation Consultant. Objects photographed including numerous details of each object under the time frame of fifteen days. Prior to this, the objects were well conserved and preserved by the conservation team Ms. Smita Singh, Mr. Rajiv Paliwal, Ms. Shakshi Gupta, Ms. Garima Sharma, Mr. Ravi Kumar and Mr. Suresh Gameti.

Mr. Neil Greentree doing the photoshoot of costumes at Gokul Niwas Gallery: The Curtain Raiser - The Mewar Regalia Textiles and Costumes Exhibition

Visit of Ms. Riddhi Mishra

Ms. Riddhi Mishra, Deputy Secretary - Museum Division, Ministry of Culture, Government of India visited The City Palace Museum, Udaipur to see the ongoing MMCF - MOC project works at The Zenana Mahal, The City Palace, Udaipur during her official visit scheduled from 21 - 22 April 2018 with the team members of Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, Udaipur.

From Left: Dr. Hansmukh Seth, Ms. P.M. Vasundhara Kar, Ms. Riddhi Mishra, Ms. Anuja Mukherjee, Mr. Rahul Shukla and Mr. Utesh Dungerwal

VIP Visit

Visit of Mr. Christopher Nolan and Mrs. Tacita Dean

Mr. Christopher Nolan English film director, screenwriter & producer and Mrs. Tacita Dean, Visual Artist visited the City Palace Museum, Udaipur on 4th April 2018. The guests were greeted by Dr. Mayank Gupta, Deputy Secretary, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation and were taken for a tour of Zenana Mahal, Amar Mahal Gallery: Splendour of Silver - Reflecting the finest of Silver smithy and Fateh Niwas Gallery: Mewar Miniature Painting Exhibition.

Mr. Christopher Nolan and Mrs. Tacita Dean writing in the visitors book

Visit of Mr. Sonam Wangchuk

Mr. Sonam Wangchuk visited the City Palace Museum, Udaipur on 07th April 2018. He was greeted by Dr. Mayank Gupta, Deputy Secretary, Maharana of Mewar Charitable