Dolls Museum
Description:
The Dolls Museum, also situated near Pragati Maidan,New Delhi,is the perfect place for the entertainment of children. It founded in 1957, the museum started with just a thousand dolls. Now It displays a huge collection of almost 6000 dolls collected from as many as 85 countries. Almost one third of the collection of the Delhi Doll Museum is assembled from different parts of the country. The dolls are even dressed up in the traditional costumes of the country or the area to which they belong. The Dolls Museum,Delhi is divided into two parts, each consisting of wall mounted glass cases, approximately 1,000 ft long.
There are exhibited dolls from European countries, the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The other segment is dedicated to dolls from the countries of Asia, Middle East, Africa, etc. Shankar's International Dolls of Museum Delhi also comprises of a workshop and a Doll Designing Centre. Along with viewing, you can also buy dolls from this museum.A Forest Scene, A Kathakali Stage, etc. Other interesting exhibits include a 250-year-old doll from Switzerland; Maypole dance (Hungary); Flamenco dancers from Spain; the Kabuki dancer of Japan; a scene from the Ramayana (Thailand); Bridal pairs (Indonesia); the Kandy Perahera Festival (Sri Lanka); Mexican aborigines; Australian Maoris, characters from a ballet (South Korea); dolls in picturesque folk costumes from Bulgaria and the dancing dolls of Tamil Nadu.The Dolls Museum of Delhi facilitates cultural exchanges. The Dolls Museum at Delhi is a miniature world come alive with dolls representing the social life of many countries. Here, among the figures beautiful and more varied than the figures of Old China, the world’s children meet. So do the cultures to which they are the heirs. In the blissful beauty of the museum, they represent a world at peace, a world of visual harmony.
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