Modal analysis plays an important role at design stage which helps in diagnosing problems related to structural vibration. This paper delineates about the experimental work to investigate the modal parameters, such as mode shapes and natural frequencies of a metallic container. The modal parameters have been experimentally determined for the empty container, the container filled with one liter of water and the container filled with two liters of water. Theoretical analysis is also carried out through finite element analysis using ANSYS workbench 14 for finding out modal parameters of the empty container only. The boundary conditions of the container in the experimental and FEM analysis have been kept same. The values of modal parameters obtained by the two methods then compared for their proximity