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Jaisalmer Folklore Museum is situated on the banks of Garsisar Lake in the Mehar Bagh Garden, this museum was founded in the year 1984. There is a wide variety of artifacts inside the museum which offers a great experience to the visitors. Visitors will get a detailed idea about the various significant historical events on visiting the museum.

This museum was first set up by the initiative of NK Sharma. The idea of NK Sharma also helped in collecting different exhibits for the museum like manuscripts, paintings, old coins, post cards and also various other artifacts for the museum. The exhibits and articles of the museum depict a rich glory of the history and culture of Jaisalmer and fascinate the visitors.
                                                                                                                                  

The architecture of the museum is very wonderful and attractive and is of a great experience for tourists. Different exhibits and galleries inside the museum are arranged in a very proper manner and the exhibits are distributed properly to each and every section of the museum. All these helps visitors to have a hassle free tour of the museum.

There are 6 different sections in the museum. These sections of the museum are:
• Jewellery Section
• Ornaments of Horse and Camel
• Fossils Section
• Costumes Section
• Coterie of Paintings
• Photographs Section
Each of these section of the museum has collection of very beautiful exhibits and galleries which are very unique. So all these sections of the museum are worth to visit.

On display this museum has artifacts ranging from ancient to recent folk arts that reflect the transition through the ages of Jaisalmer’s culture, there are six broad categories of rare folklore items of photographs, jewelries, paintings, costumes and hairstyles for better presentation. It is a very informatory and intriguing Folk Art Museum. Tourists who are keen on learning about Jaisalmer’s history art and traditions or for the intellectually inclined must visit this place it gives a very beautiful experience to them.