Description of the attraction
One of the largest museums in New Delhi, the National Crafts Museum (NHHM), has been around for over 30 years. It was conceived as a kind of ethnographic camp, where artisans from all over India could work, in order to preserve the originality of Indian culture and various directions of folk craft.
The foundation of the museum was laid back in the 50s of the last century. And by the 80s, it had already turned into a real craft center with a huge collection of unique exhibits made by folk craftsmen. And at the moment, the museum owns over 20 thousand objects of art, made in traditional styles, characteristic of various regions of India.
The Crafts Museum is a complex that includes exhibition galleries, workshops, a research center, an archive, a photographic laboratory, as well as a small village, which is a structure left after the 1972 exhibition, when various types of traditional village dwellings and temples. The walls of almost every house are painted by artists who come to the museum from all over the country specifically to demonstrate their art.
The galleries showcase clay, wood, metal products, ornaments made in various techniques. Textiles woven, dyed and embroidered by hand, scarves and sarees. Some of the exhibits are up to 300 years old.
A visit to the museum will allow you to see a lot of new things and learn how to do wonderful things with your own hands.
