SHANKAR'S
INTERNATIONAL DOLLS MUSEUM
Set
up by the renowned political cartoonist, K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989),
Shankar’s International Dolls Museum has one of the largest
collection of costume dolls anywhere in the world.
Indian dolls made at the workshop are exchanged for gifts received
from abroad as well as sold to collectors and museums in India
and abroad.
The Museum’s collection of costume dolls was inspired by
a gift of a single doll, which Shankar received from the Hungarian
Ambassador in the early fifties, to be given away as a prize in
the Shankar’s International Children’s Competition.
Address
: Shankar's International Dolls Museum
Nehru House,
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi
NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
A
prehistoric animal greets the visitor to the National Museum of
natural History of natural history preparing him for the collection
of botanical , zoological and geological objects on view within.
Address
: National Museum of Natural History
Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi
CRAFTS MUSEUM
The
crafts Museum complex is a charming oasis of mud huts with painted
walls and thatched roofs, courtyards, terracotta houses recreating
village life.
Within the museum itself are examples of traditional Indian crafts,wooden
carvings and images and metalware.
Address
: Crafts Museum
Bhairon Road, Pragati Maidan
New Delhi
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM
Situated
in the historic Red fort, the museum exhibits objects of the mughal
period such as manuscripts and firmans , that demonstrate the
fine art of calligraphy, paintings, textiles and costumes.
One section concentrates on relics of the 1857 war(First War of
Independence)like maps and weapons.
Address
: Archaeological Museum
Red Fort,
New Delhi
RAIL
MUSEUM
This
museum depicts 130 years of evolution and development of the Indian
railways.On view are vintage locomotive engines, especially the
fairy Queen, the Patiala Monorail Tramway (1907-27) which is internationally
unique, the Princes of Wales saloon(1875), the luxurious Maharaja
of Mysore;s saloon , the Viceregal dining car.
Address
: National Rail Museum
Chanakya Puri,
New Delhi
NATIONAL
MUSEUM
The National Museum is some of India's most prestigious institutions.
The Indus Valley displays many antiquities excavated from Mohenjodaro
and Harappa, like terracotta toys, images and pots, jewellery,
seals, bronze and copper implements and sculptures. The most outstanding
object here is teh lyrical bronze Dancing Girl
There are a number of rare manuscripts and miniature paintings,textiles,coins
and tribal art, but the museum's most significant gallery is the
one of Central Asian exhibits.
Address
: National Museum
Janpath, New delhi
