International Museum of Dolls

Vital Information for Visitors

Address:

Shankar’s International Dolls Museum, Nehru House, 4, BSZ Marg, New Delhi

Open & Close:

Open on all days except Monday 10 AM to 5:30 PM

Entry Fees:

INR 20 per person

Duration:

1 hrs

Famous For:

Rich collection of dolls from across the globe

This excellent and unique museum lies on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg ('Fleet Street of Delhi'), nearby the corporate office of The Times of India. Nehru House accommodates the International Doll's Museum. This is an amusing, as well as an instructive display of dolls, dressed in around 500 local costumes from the Indian sub-continent. However, the collection is, as implied, international, and the museum claims to possess over 6,000 dolls from eighty- five countries. Although the sources are named, the periods of the dolls and their costumes are not. Particularly appealing are the examples from Japan. International Museum of Dolls in Delhi is a unique concept and has emerged as a tourist attraction.

The dolls collection conceptualized and set up by political cartoonist K. Shankar Pillai. Later it turned into a unique museum of Indian and foreign dolls. The museum is spread over 5184.5 sq feet area. It is broadly divided into two sections- first section houses European, American, Australian and New Zealand costume dolls and the second section is home to Asian, African and Indian costume dolls. More than 150 handcrafted Indian costume dolls are displayed here.

The museum is located right in the centre of the city at BSZ Marg. You can either walk to the museum from ITO, which is just 10 minutes away. However, it would be better if you take the Blue Line Metro. The nearest station is Pragati Maidan, which is a 15 minutes walk away.

The museum remains open all days of the week except Monday from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.