Historical

Watson Museum

The Watson Museum in Jubilee Garden displaying regional heritage exhibits.

About Watson Museum

The Watson Museum stands in Jubilee Garden in central Rajkot, in the Queen Victoria Memorial Institute building. It is named after Colonel John Watson, a British political agent in Kathiawar. Its galleries hold sculptures and 13th-century temple carvings, coins, manuscripts, inscriptions, textiles and folk embroidery, musical instruments, paintings from royal families, and objects from the princely state of Rajkot.

Sources: Watson Museum, Rajkot – Gujarat Tourism (opens in a new tab), Watson Museum – District Rajkot, Government of Gujarat (opens in a new tab), Tourism booklet – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (2026) (opens in a new tab), Watson Museum – Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)

More in Rajkot

The other places on the same trip.

  • Rotary Dolls Museum

    A collection of over 1,600 traditional dolls from more than 100 countries.

  • Kaba Gandhi no Delo

    The Gandhi family home in Rajkot, where Mahatma Gandhi lived from the age of 12 through his school years.

  • Aji Dam

    A reservoir on the edge of Rajkot, popular for evening outings.

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