Museum In India

Shankar's International Doll Museum, New Delhi

Location :-  Nehru House, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi
Timings :- 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (Closed on Mondays).

Shankar's International Doll Museum

The famous cartoonist Shankar started this museum in 1954, as a personal collection. Located on the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, in the Nehru House, this museum displays about 6000 dolls from 85 countries. 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. Dolls of Japan deserve special mention. However, 1/3 of total dolls are Indian - Indian cultural and the cultural life style has been projected in the fashions of dolls. 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 delights children as well as enthrall the adult.

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