Darbar Hall Museum

Darbar Hall Museum

They include arms, oil paintings, miniature paintings, photographs of historical importance, royal palanquins and hoddas, textile, carpets, royal furnitures belonging to the Babi rulers of Sorath (the Ex-rulers of the old Junagadh state).

The museum is Famous for special collections like royal furnitures, silver thrones, silver chairs, carpets with gold embroidery, Various types of chandeliers (Zummar) mirror, silver art objects, etc. The most important gallery of the museum is the Darbar Hall which is a period room representing the royal assembly hall of the ex-rulers of the old Junagadh state (Sorath Native State).

It has put on display the then "Darbar" in its original setting so that people may get an idea of the royal court and assembly hall of the pre-independence period. The museum is also noted for its collection of royal arms and the gallery especially created for their display is known as "Silehkhana" presenting different categories of daggers, swords, knives, Fine arms, spears, shield decorated with gold, precious and semiprecious stones.

The collection of historical photographs are very rare and interesting and reveal the historical background of ex-rulers of Saurashtra.