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Sight Address : Sri Pratap Singh Museum is situated in Lal Mandi, on the left bank of the river Jhelum, Srinagar. Edit

Detail InformationEdit

Sri Pratap Singh Museum of Kashmir is showcase the rich historical past of the valley. Once the summer palace of the Maharajas of Kashmir, it was later converted into a museum in the year 1898. A major portion of the museum collection, at that point of time, consisted of objects from the Jammu and Kashmir toshkhana. The toshkhana collection of this museum of Kashmir, India includes shawls, paintings, arms and armory, silver images, copper and jade ornaments, copper and brass utensils and Ladkhi handicrafts.Sri Pratap Singh Museum of Kashmir displays an assortment of more than 200 textiles. The renowned jamawar, spreads, gabbas and rumals, dating back to the Afghan period, from 1752 to 1947, form a part of the textiles collection. One of the most brilliant pieces of the museum collection is a map of Srinagar in needlework, prepared during reign of maharaja Ranjil Singh. Later, it was presented as gift to the Prince of Wales when he visited Kashmir. In the later years, this map was auctioned in England from where it found its way back to Kashmir. The map depicts topography of Srinagar as it was at that point of time, showing the important buildings, mosques, temples, gardens, rivers, bridges and lakes.

HistoryEdit

Shri Pratap Singh Museum is located outside the old Srinagar city in an upcoming suburban Lal Mandi area which was becoming increasing popular with the city elite for house-building during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Museum set up by; and named after the ruling maharaja as Shri Pratap Singh (SPS) Museum. Kashmir has been historically known as one of the oldest habitations in Asia, having a distinction of a recorded and documented history of over 5000 years. Towards the end of the 19th century the historical sites, habitations and artifacts became recognized as the representatives of cultural resources of this civilization and in recognition of this, in the later part of the 19th century a memorandum was submitted to the then Dogra ruler of the Jammu and Kashmir State, Maharaja Pratap Singh for setting up of a museum in Srinagar that would exhibit the cultural and archaeological collections from the regions stretching from Jammu, Kashmir, Baltistan and Gilgit. The collections currently displayed in the museum fall under the following categories:
Numismatic
Manuscripts
Miniature paintings
Weapons and armoury
Utensils
Musical Instruments
Furniture and decorative items
Textiles and carpets
Items of leather, grass and willow work
Sculptures and other excavated objects
Natural history collections
In the year 2006-2007, United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), New Delhi, within the framework of UNESCO Program on Enhancing Protection of Movable Cultural Property, commissioned the Chapter for undertaking a project on SPS Museum Srinagar. The aim of the project was to prepare;Conservation Proposal for the 19th Century building housing the SPS Museum at Srinagar. The Proposal included documentation, condition appraisal and recommendations for the building including proposals for display lighting. An assessment of the physical condition of the key collections of the museum, including recommendations for their conservation and restoration.

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Visiting TimeEdit

Summer: 10:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (April to Oct), winter: 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M (Nov to March).

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Best Season to VisitEdit

April to June

Best Time To VisitEdit

Morning, Afternoon

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

2-3 hrs.

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Restaurants NearbyAdd / Edit

• Kareema Restaurant ;  Residency Road, Srinagar 190014, India ; Ph/M –  9.1194211 ; Food Serve –  Cuisines: Indian

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : This site easily reach by taxi from airport and railway station and other places in srinagar.

BUS : Many tourist bus service provides the services to reach from many neighboring cities to Srinagar. Srinagar is well connected to Chandigarh (630 km), Jammu (290 km), Delhi (876 km), Leh (434 km) and Phalgam (96 km) by tourist bus services. and they charge about Rs 4-5 per km.

Train : Srinagar railway station or Nowgam railway station is railway station of the city of Srinagar in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.The station, in nowgam, is 8 km from the city centre.Local services only: Qazigund–Anantnag–Srinagar–Baramulla.

Air : Srinagar’s sparkling new airport is connected with many airports of the major cities in India. Regular flights operate between Srinagar and Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and the tickets are moderately priced. International travelers get the connecting flights from Delhi International airport, which is at a distance of 876 km from Srinagar.
The following all fly to Delhi and/or Jammu. Air India also flies to Leh on Wednesdays.
After getting down at the Air Port, take an auto-rickshaw, bus or hire a taxi to reach the destination within the city.
Air India (2450247; www.airindia.in; Boulevard)
GoAir (www.goair.in)
IndiGo (www.goindigo.in)
Jet Airways (2480801; Residency Rd)
JetLite (www.jetlite.com)
Kingfisher (www.flykingfisher.com)
SpiceJet (www.spicejet.com)
Srinagar domestic airport is behind a high security barrier where therecan be long queues for baggage and body screening. You’ll need to show an air ticket (or e-ticket confirmation print-out) to get through so don’t come to the airport hoping to buy a ticket on departure.

Others : Autorikshaws from Rs.25 for short hops,Rs.50 across town, around Rs.600 for a full-day tour including Mughal gardens, Old City and Hazratbal.

Things to CarryEdit

Light sweaters, woolen cloths, medicine, cold creams, bottle of drinking water.

Safety / WarningEdit

The climate is extremely cold in winters and the water on the lake can freeze if the temperature goes below zero degrees. Beware of stepping on this as the ice being thin may crack and one can fall into cold freezing, icy water.

HelplineEdit

Police station 100/2452098
Fire Station 101
Ambulance 108
Child Line 1098
Tourism 2472644,2457930.

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