Ganga State Museum

The history of the Ganga Government Museum in Bikaner dates returned to the early a long time of the last century when Maharaja Ganga Singh Ji, the then ruler of the state, appointed an Italian student named Dr. Luigi Pio Tessilori on 6th December 1915 for conducting the historical and bardic survey of the area. During the survey, a enormous hoard of archaeological wealth, which includes Proto-Historic material stays, terracotta, sculpture, epigraphs, cash, etc. Of the subsequent duration have been discovered and brought to light.

In 1937, those acquired artwork treasures from the numerous parts of the state had been housed in a newly constructed constructing for the duration of the Golden Jubilee birthday celebration of Maharaja Ganga Singh's reign. He himself spared some of other objects of wellknown hobby from his very own palace to the museum. The constructing was then named as Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum and become inaugurated on 5th November 1937 by using the then Governor General of India, Lord Linlithow. In the year 1950, the museum changed into taken over by using Government of Rajasthan under Department of Archaeology and Museums and turned into renamed as Ganga Government Museum, Bikaner.