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 Crafts
Museum
The Crafts Museum
complex is a
charming oasis in
the midst of the
hustle and bustle of
Delhi. Mud huts with
painted walls and
thatched roofs,
courtyards,
terracotta horses
recreating village
shrines, craftsmen
at work are some of
the elements that
add to the rural
ambience of the
place. Within the
museum itself are
examples of
traditional Indian
crafts, wooden
carvings and images,
metalware,
especially ewe
perdue objects from
Bastar, West Bengal
and Bihar, clay and
terracotta pots,
toys and images,
folk and tribal
paintings, jewellery
and textiles. Some
of the most
outstanding exhibits
are the life size
wooden buta figures
which were
discovered in an
abandoned rural
shrine in Karnataka.
Crafts Museum
(National
Handicrafts and
Handlooms Museum)
Bhairon Road,
Pragati Maidan
New Delhi 110 001
Timings: July to
September:9.30 am to
5.00 pm October to
June: 9.30 am to
6.00 pm
Closed
on Mondays and
national holidays. |
National
Children's Museum
The National
Children's Museum is
geared towards
satisfying the
interests of the
young. Thus the
exhibits include
toys from India and
abroad, dolls,
animals in stone,
bronze and stuffed
as well as examples
of children's
creative activity in
different media.
National Children's
Museum
Bal Bhawan Society
of India
Kotla Road, New
Delhi 110 002
Timings: Summer:
7.30 am to 1.30 pm
Winter: 10.00am to
5.00pm
Closed
on Thursdays and
government holidays. |
 Shankar's
International Dolls
Museum
The International
Dolls Museum is
exactly what its
name implies, it is
a museum devoted to
a display of dolls
from all over India
and abroad. On view
are dolls dressed in
national costumes,
each exquisitely
Grafted and
embellished.
There are indigenous
rural dolls made by
local craftsmen,
sophisticated dolls
machine made at
factories, in fact a
magical collection
that will delight
children as well as
enthrall the adult.
Shankar's
International Dolls
Museum
Nehru House
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Marg
New Delhi
Timing:
10.00 am to 6.00 pm
Closed
on Mondays. |
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Tibet House
Museum
This private museum,
established in 1965
within the premises
of Tibet House,
depicts the richness
ofTibetan culture
and art. On view are
colourful wooden
sculpture,
paintings,
especially thanfeas,
carpets and ritual
objects. Some
objects have been
collected from
monasteries in Tibet
while others have
been created at the
various Tibetan
settlements
scattered across
India.
Tibet House Museum
1 Institutional
Area, Lodhi Road
New Delhi 110 003
Timings
Summer: 9.30
am to 1.00 pm 2.30
pm to 6.00 pm
Winter: 9.00
am to 1.00pm 2.00 pm
to 5.00 pm
Closed
on Sundays and
second Saturdays |
 Gandhi
Memorial Museum
This personal museum
displays the relics
of Mahatma Gandhi.
There are original
copies of his
correspondence as
well as photostats
of his letters and
the journals he
published. These are
further supplemented
by microfilms and a
number of
photographs which
depict the various
aspects of his
invaluable
contribution to
modern India.
Gandhi Memorial
Museum Rajghat,
New Delhi 110 002
Timing:
9.00 am to 5.30 pm
Closed
on Mondays and
government holidays. |
Nehru Memorial
Museum and Library
This personal museum
displays the relics
of Mahatma Gandhi.
There are original
copies of his
correspondence as
well as photostats
of his letters and
the journals he
published. These are
further supplemented
by microfilms and a
number of
photographs which
depict the various
aspects of his
invaluable
contribution to
modern India.
Gandhi Memorial
Museum Rajghat,
New Delhi 110 002
Timing:
9.00 am to 5.30 pm
Closed
on Mondays and
government holidays. |
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