Shankar's International Dolls Museum

The Dolls Museum at Delhi is a miniature world come alive with dolls representing the social life of many countries. They represent a world at peace, a world of visual harmony.

The famous cartoonist Shankar started this museum in 1954, as a personal collection. Located on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, in the Nehru House, this museum displays about 6000 dolls from 85 countries. It has dolls displayed from all over India and abroad.

This place also has a well- stocked children's library, and films are frequently organized for children every Saturday.

On view are dolls dressed in national costumes, each exquisitely grafted and embellished. There are indigenous rural dolls made by local craftsmen, sophisticated dolls machine made at factories, in fact a magical collection that delights children.

Admission fee: Rs. 10 for adults, Rs. 5 for children.

Hours: 10am- 6pm Tue- Sun

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Contact Information

Shankar's International Dolls Museum
Nehru House, 4 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
110002 New Delhi, DL

Tel. +91113316970
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