Delhi Crafts Museum
Delhi Crafts Musuem portrays the rich Indian culture and traditions. Situated near Pragati Maidan at Bhairon Road, Delhi Crafts Museum was established in 1956 with whole and sole motive to preserve the traditional crafts of India. The main reason to set up this Crafts Museum was to encourage the Indian craftsmen to showcase their talent which was losing its identity in the era of industrialization.The Delhi Crafts Museum was designed by a French architect, Charles Correa, the recipient of awards like Padam Vibhushan and Padam Sri. The museum displays 20000 items of folk and tribal arts, crafts and textiles. It exhibits bronze images; utensils; lamps and incense burners and ritual accessories along with other items of everyday use. Here you can also explore papier mache; ivories, dolls, wood and stone carvings, toys, puppets and masks. You also get to see jewelry items, decorative metal-ware, paintings, cane and bamboo work, etc from different parts of India.
The ‘Visual Store’ at Delhi Crafts Museum comprising of about 15,000 objects is very useful to designers, craftsmen, scholars, and to the researches of Indian culture and traditions. The Crafts Museum features a Shop where tourists can buy books, postcards and other handicrafts.
