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Dolls Museum, the most fascinating museum of Jaipur is mostly visited by tourists from all over the globe. It attracts a lot of children from within India as well as all over the world. The museum displays lovely dolls from various countries all clad in traditional attires representing their culture and tradition. One is sure to be mesmerized with the striking beauty of these dolls.
The Museum was built in 1974 and is about 4 kilometers from the city center. It was built with the exclusive purpose of providing an insight into the different cultures across the world.
There are many different dolls from Indian origin in traditional Indian dresses of Gujarat, Bengal, Assam, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and several other states. Amongst the most striking one’s are the bridal dresses of Mysore, Kerela, Gujarat, Bengal and Punjab and the dresses of classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, Odissi and Kuchipudi.
The national dresses of USA, Britain, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Ghana, Uganda, Lebanon and Afghanistan are particularly striking. Beautiful dolls dressed up in the bridal wear of Japan, Malaysia, Burma, China and New Zealand look absolutely stunning and add to the beauty of the already magnificent costumes. The museum creates a fairy tale world.
But the most significant aspect of the Dolls Museum, Jaipur is probably the fact that it is educative in the sense that children learn about the diversity of the world in cultures and traditions
The entry fee to this magnificent museum is only Rs2. The timings for the museum are from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. And it is opened every day.