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Location :-
Bhairon Road, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
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).
Crafts Museum (National
Handicrafts and Handlooms 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.
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