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Shankar
's International Dolls Museum is a unique
museum, located in the Children 's Book
Trust building, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi. There are about 6000 dolls in
Shankar 's International Dolls Museum, collected
from more than 85 countries. This in itself
is a fact that the overwhelming can attract
everyone to this museum. One third of this
collection comes from different regions
of India. The museum was set up by K. Shankar
Pillai, a political cartoonist. The dolls
in the museum are dressed in beautiful,
bright color and dazzling costumes, representing
the country or region to which they belong.
Shankar 's International
Dolls Museum is a wonderful means of cultural
exchange and information. The dolls shown
here because we are not only on the costumes,
but also on the characteristics of the face,
accessories and lifestyles of people in
different parts of the world. They also
teach us about the climate, folklore and
mythologies of various countries. You can
also see the manufacture of dolls in the
workshop and the purchase of certain Designing
the Doll Centre in the museum. You can visit
the Shankar 's International Dolls Museum
everyday between 10 am and 6 pm, except
on Monday.
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