The City Palace was built by Maharana Udai Singh II and his successors over the course of 400 years. It was considered as a historical landmark since the Maharajas operated adn practiced their administrative duties for the palace. A site well-protected by the forests, lake and the Aravalli hills, it was chosen by Udai Singh II as the place to built a new capital for the Mewar Kingdom which intially operated in Chittor. At an elevation of 598 meters, the Palace complex is built of the east side of Lake Pichola on the a ridge. It contains 11 separate palaces, various gateways, and a Museum.
City Palace, known to be the biggest palace in India, where 4 generations of Maharajas added their contribution. It is so carefully planned and integrated with the original buildings making it quite difficult to believe that it was not conceived as a whole.
Museum Of Folk Art also known as Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal Museum was founded by Mihir Chaudhary in 1952. The museum showcases folk articles such as the dresses, puppets, masks, folk ornaments, paintings, wall scriptures, folk deities and paintings. It also has a puppetry house which organises puppet shows at regular intervals of time.
Established by Maharaja Sajjan Singh, the crystal objects at the Crystal Gallery arrived after the death of the Maharaja and were kept enclosed for over 100 years.