A visit to the Dolls Museum in Delhi is an enthralling experience in itself because nowhere in the world do we find such a huge collection of costume dolls. The Dolls Museum is a place that carries the tourists down the memory lane, and leaves them laden with nostalgia.
Dolls Museum, located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, remains open on all the days expect Mondays. Dolls Museum was established by the famous cartoonist, K Shankar Pillai with a motive to establish a platform for that genre of handicrafts that apparently seems to be trivial.
The Dolls Museum of Delhi, occupies the first floor of the Children's Book Trust building. The Dolls Museum is divided into two distinct halves, containing more than 160 glass cases fixed on the wall. The first section displays a range of dolls from:
Whereas the second section consists of dolls from:
Dolls museum at Delhi contains dolls depicting the various dance traditions in India, especially the Kathakali dance that is known for its interesting costumes. Among the other dolls found in the Dolls Museum are:
Besides, the displayed dolls, one can also find the dolls being sold at the adjoining shops. But the Doll Workshop forms the hub of major excitement. Here the tourists can participate in the process of doll making and thus learn the art in the process.
The Dolls Museum is indeed a mandatory location on the sightseers list!
