Educational Trip to CRAFTS MUSEUM

 Students of Cambridge  classes IV, V and VI   got a chance to visit National Handicrafts and Handloom Museum popularly known as National Craft Museum, Pragati Madan, Delhi. Students explored the different art pieces from various periods in history. They understood the ways in which people built their huts over the ages. 

 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.

One of the major attractions were artisans demonstrated their skills on the spot to visitors. There were shops from where we could buy various objects including ornaments,rugs,shawls,embroidered kurtis,bamboo weaving,wooden toys,etc. 

Students were shown a video with all the details how handmade toys are made.

Mr. Rajendra Singh explained beautifully about how the raw materials are attained and convered into handmade toys.

It was a great learning experience and a wonderful opportunity to discover the cultural heritage of our nation.