The Amar Mahal Palace is a palace in Jammu, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, which has now been converted into a museum. It was built in the nineteenth century for Raja Amar Singh, a Dogra king, by a French architect on the model of a French chateau. The palace was donated by Dr Karan Singh to the Hari Tara Charity to be used as a museum.
It houses many exhibits including a 120 kg golden throne, miniature Pahari and Kangra paintings, a library of 25,000 ancient books and many unusual art collections. The palace became the ultimate legitimate residence of the Dogra dynasty, and a large set of paintings of the royal family is also on display in the museum. The Amar Mahal Palace was designed by a French architect in 1862.
However, it was not built until the 1890s. Maharani Tara Devi, wife of the overdue Maharaja Hari Singh, lived in the palace until her death in 1967, after which her son Karan Singh and his wife Yasho Rajya Lakshmi transformed it into a museum housing rare books and works of art with the aim of “promoting artistic skills, establishing a major art centre and collaborating with various compatible institutions for the promotion of Indian art”.