National Crafts Museum And Hastkala Academy

National Crafts Museum and Hastkala Academy, popularly known as the Crafts Museum, celebrates the rich, diverse, and practicing 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. The Crafts Museum is divided into different Galleries that include the Tribal and Folk Arts Gallery, Bhuta Sculpture Section, Ritual Craft Section, Courtly Craft and Textile Section and the Village Complex Section.

Within these galleries, you can view an array of 22,000 collections of rare and unique craft work ranging from lamps, incense stick burners, bronze and precious metal-ware images and jewelry, stone and wood sculptures, utensils and accessories for daily use, clay pots, clay dolls and wooden toys, puppets, tribal masks and jewelry, bamboo, cane and terracotta craft work.

Today the museum holds over 35,000 rare and distinctive pieces reflecting the continuing tradition of Indian craftsmen through painting, embroidery, textiles, various crafts of clay, stone and wood, all housed in a building designed between 1975 and 1990 by architect Charles Correa, incorporating traditional architectural vocabulary into a modern design.

There is a Cafe Lota that is open from 11:30 AM to 10 PM, Monday is closed. 

The Museum shop is open every day from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM.