Dolls Museum at Bal Bhawan in sector 23 will soon get an international look as Chandigarh administration plans to upgrade the same to the standards of world renowned museums in three months. While the renovation has started it has also brought out several issues of concern, which are responsible for damage to the existing dolls in the museum.
A visit to the museum revealed the mini train from Germany that was repaired by CITCO in 2003 and later broke down was never repaired, the work of which has now been entrusted to the museum authorities.
The dolls are being treated now as they are likely to be further spoilt due to termite infection, which has already started damaging them. The museum authorities told Hindustan Times that proper lighting is also required for the dolls as many of them had been lying near the windows where there is direct sunlight, thus affecting them.
The Project Director Vidya Nand Singh, who is also the Director, Government Museum and Art Gallery while talking to Hindustan Times, has said some of the dolls need immediate restoration and conservation.
The museum will now have details about each of the country from where the dolls belong, along with a world map showing location of countries.
Known doll museums in south and south East Asia are being studied. These include the Shankar’s International dolls Museum, New Delhi, Dolls Museum, Jaipur, besides the
Yokohama Doll Museum, Yokohama, Japan, Bangkok Dolls Museum, and Enchanted World Doll Museum, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA.
Established in 1985 and located in Sector 23, the International Dolls Museum in Chandigarh houses dolls and puppets gathered from all over the world.
In International Dolls Museum there are 300 different kinds of dolls collected from countries like Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Russia and Korea, among others.
New features to be added in the International Dolls Museum, would include digitally designed children friendly captions, section labels, and Trans lights giving information about the dolls and renovation of showcases.
A small display window of rocks and minerals giving visual information about the precious and semiprecious stones and their various uses would also be included.
The administration plans special workshop corner for school children for preparing small replicas of Indian and International dolls, beside regular guided tours and free entry to school children, senior citizens and physically and mentally challenged visitors.
These will be supported with on the spot paintings, clay modelling and doll making competitions, workshops, exhibitions, puppet shows, lecture-cum-demonstrations and film shows to make popular the doll museum among children.
A new feature at the museum will be Brail captions for visually impaired children and audio-guides and info-kiosks for national and international visitors, while colourful fish aquarium at the centre of the gallery will be added.The museum authorities have also appealed to city residents for donating national and international dolls to the Dolls Museum.
A visit to the museum revealed the mini train from Germany that was repaired by CITCO in 2003 and later broke down was never repaired, the work of which has now been entrusted to the museum authorities.
The dolls are being treated now as they are likely to be further spoilt due to termite infection, which has already started damaging them. The museum authorities told Hindustan Times that proper lighting is also required for the dolls as many of them had been lying near the windows where there is direct sunlight, thus affecting them.
The Project Director Vidya Nand Singh, who is also the Director, Government Museum and Art Gallery while talking to Hindustan Times, has said some of the dolls need immediate restoration and conservation.
The museum will now have details about each of the country from where the dolls belong, along with a world map showing location of countries.
Known doll museums in south and south East Asia are being studied. These include the Shankar’s International dolls Museum, New Delhi, Dolls Museum, Jaipur, besides the
Yokohama Doll Museum, Yokohama, Japan, Bangkok Dolls Museum, and Enchanted World Doll Museum, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA.
Established in 1985 and located in Sector 23, the International Dolls Museum in Chandigarh houses dolls and puppets gathered from all over the world.
In International Dolls Museum there are 300 different kinds of dolls collected from countries like Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Russia and Korea, among others.
New features to be added in the International Dolls Museum, would include digitally designed children friendly captions, section labels, and Trans lights giving information about the dolls and renovation of showcases.
A small display window of rocks and minerals giving visual information about the precious and semiprecious stones and their various uses would also be included.
The administration plans special workshop corner for school children for preparing small replicas of Indian and International dolls, beside regular guided tours and free entry to school children, senior citizens and physically and mentally challenged visitors.
These will be supported with on the spot paintings, clay modelling and doll making competitions, workshops, exhibitions, puppet shows, lecture-cum-demonstrations and film shows to make popular the doll museum among children.
A new feature at the museum will be Brail captions for visually impaired children and audio-guides and info-kiosks for national and international visitors, while colourful fish aquarium at the centre of the gallery will be added.The museum authorities have also appealed to city residents for donating national and international dolls to the Dolls Museum.
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