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THE
NATIONAL
CRAFTS
MUSEUM
&
HASTKALA
ACADEMY
The
National
Handicrafts
and
Handlooms
Museum,
popularly
known
as
the
National
Crafts
Museum
&
Hastkala
Academy,
celebrates
the
rich,
diverse,
and
practising
craft
traditions
of
India.
Situated
in
a
large
campus
at
the
corner
of
Pragati
Maidan,
opposite
the
majestic
Purana
Qila,
the
museum
was
designed
by
the
renowned
architect
Charles
Correa.
At
present
the
Museum
collection
consists
of
over
33,000
specimens
in
various
crafts,
acquired
over
a
period
of
60
years
collected
from
various
states
of
India
named
as
Andhra
Pradesh,
Arunachal
Pradesh,
Assam,
Bihar,
Delhi,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal
Pradesh,
Jammu
and
Kashmir,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Manipur,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Orissa,
Punjab,
Rajasthan,
Tamil
Nadu,
Tripura,
Uttar
Pradesh,
West
Bengal.
The
collection
reflects
the
continuing
traditions
of
handicrafts
and
handlooms.
Museum
collection
consists
of
a
variety
of
traditional
artifacts
such
as
Textiles,
a
vast
range
of
metal
lamps,
sculptures,
utensils
etc,
Wood-works,
Folk/tribal
paintings
,
range
of
cane
and
bamboo
crafts,
clay
and
terracotta
figures
and
a
lot
more.
The
exquisite
examples
of
textiles
include
Kalamkaris,
Jamawars,
Pashmina
and
Shahtosh
shawls,
embroidered
fabrics
especially
Kanthas,
Chikankari
works
and
chaklas
Tie
and
Die
(Bandhani)
fabrics,
Baluchar
and
Jamdaani
saris,
Pichwais,
phulkaris,
Ikat
fabrics
of
Orissa,
Chamba
Rumals,
Block
printed
textile
fabrics
of
Gujarat
and
Rajasthan,
Himru
textile
pieces
of
Maharashtra,
Naga
shawls,
Chanderi
saris
and
a
variety
of
tribal
textiles
of
the
Lambadi,
Toda
and
Naga
tribes
of
North-
eastern
India.