The palace primarily showcases the lifestyle, arts, culture, tradition and crafts of communities residing in northeast India, along with many stone sculptures of the Manikya dynasty.

[2] The original Ujjayanta Palace was built in 1862, 10 km (6 mi) away from Agartala, by King Ishan Chandra Manikya (1849–1862).

[3] The current palace was built in the heart of Agartala city by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya between 1899 and 1901,[1] at a then exorbitant cost of 10 lakh (1 million) rupees.

[7] The palace was given seismic retrofitting to prevent possible earthquake damage,[8] and was inaugurated as the state museum by Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on 25 September 2013.

[12] In response, the Tripura government decided to keep the original name and to build a statue of Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya on the museum premises.

[5] The two-storied palace has three large domes, the largest of which is 86 ft (26 m) high, and which rests atop a four-storied central tower.

[15] Several Hindu temples occupy plots adjacent to Ujjayanta Palace, dedicated to Lakshmi Narayan, Uma-Maheshwari, Kali and Jagannath.