Art Galleries & Museums

Dolls Museum

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Shankar's International Dolls Museum was founded in 1954. More than 6000 Variety representing almost 85 countries of the world is on display in the museum. 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. Besides, there is B C Roy Children's Library and children's play corner. The doll museum is situated at Nehru House close to Income Tax Office at Bahadur Sah Zafar Marg near Delhi Gate.

Sanchi Museum

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Sanchi Museum stands witness to Indian's rich religious and architectural heritage. This is an important tourist attraction in Sanchi and is certainly worth visiting because it displays several rare and antique items. The Sanchi Museum has a very verdant setting.

In the year 1919 Sir John Marshall developed an archaeological museum. Later this was converted to the Sanchi Museum . The Sanchi Museum is presently owned by the Archaeological Survey of India. It is kept open for public viewing from 9'o clock in the morning to 5'o clock in the evening. The entry fee is also very nominal.

Kalidasa Academy

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This academy was set up in Ujjain by the Government of Madhya Pradesh to immortalize the memory of the great poet dramatist-Kalidasa, and to create a multi-disciplinary institution to project the genius of the entire classical tradition, with Kalidasa as the apex, enable research and study in Sanskrit classical and traditional performing arts, and facilitate its adaptation for contemporary stage in different cultural settings and language groups.

Rupayan Museum

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A unique ethnographic museum, preserving the objects, crafts and tools of ordinary people and their creations for daily needs, is coming up in Moklawas village on the outskirts of Jodhpur in western Rajasthan. The museum was conceived by the internationally acclaimed folklorist, the late Komal Kothari, as his dream project.

The museum, being constructed on 10 acres of land allotted by the State Government, is proposed to be the centre of learning on the "technology of living".

Archaeological Museum

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Khajuraho is largely acclaimed for its celebrated group of medieval temples embellished with awe-inspiring sculptures. In 1910, W.A. Jardine, an innovative local officer of the British government collected the loose sculptures and architectural members of the ruined temples of Khajuraho and preserved it in an enclosure built adjoining to the Matangeshwar Temple.

Till 1952, this collection was known as Jardine Museum and then it was taken over by the Archaeological Survey of India. Now this open-air museum is used for collection of reserves wherein the public entry is prohibited.

State Museum of Tribal and Folk Art

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Placed within Chandela Cultural Complex in Khajuraho, State Museum of Tribal and Folk Art symbolize the best of Indian civilization and custom and its fusion with foreign cultures that came through trade and incursion. A fine assemblage of masterpieces of tribal and folk art and artifacts from all over Madhya Pradesh is exhibited at the Chandela Cultural Complex. The artifacts put on display gives a deep insight about the custom and rituals of the tribal people.

Jain Museum

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This museum houses more than hundred Jain sculptures and was inaugurated in the year 1987. Located with in the Jain Temple Complex, this circular building is also known as Sahu Shantiprasad Jain Kala Sangrahalaya.

Jain Museum holds a modern circular gallery filled with statues of 24 tirthankars, along with sculptures of yakshis and other figures of Jains, which makes ones visit to the museum a worthy one. At the entrance of the museum there is two ornamented ‘Makara Toranas’ arranged on both sides of the steps definitely will win ones hearts.