->Tigraan: /* Textile Museum */ WP:NOTGUIDE

2021-12-14T12:36:41Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox museum
| name = Sanskriti Museum
| image =Sanskriti Museum.JPG
| imagesize =
| map_type =
| map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|28.538457|77.184640|display=inline}}
| established = 1990
| dissolved =
| location = Sanskriti Kendra, Anandagram, [[Mehrauli]]–[[Gurgaon]] Road<br />[[Delhi]], [[India]]
| type =
| visitors =
| director =
| curator =[[O. P. Jain]]
| publictransit =
| website = [http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/museums.htm Official website]
}}

'''Sanskriti Museums''' are a set of three museums namely, '''Museum of ‘Everyday Art’''', '''Museum of Indian Terracotta''' ([[tribal art]]) and '''Textile Museum'''. It is housed within Sanskriti Kendra complex, at Anandagram,<ref name="Flier">{{cite web | url=http://www.oxbridgeindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Sanskriti-Museums-Flier.pdf | title=Sanskriti-Museums-Flier | publisher=Sanskriti Museums | accessdate=7 June 2017}}</ref> an artist village complex, spread over eight acres, situated 10 km south of New Delhi,<ref>[http://delhigovt.nic.in/museum.asp#19 Sanskriti Kendra Terracotta & Metal Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409153505/http://delhigovt.nic.in/museum.asp |date=2012-04-09 }} Delhi Museums, Official website of [[Delhi]] Government.</ref><ref>[http://www.transartists.nl/air/sanskriti_foundation.2689.html Sanskriti Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021011051/http://www.transartists.nl/air/sanskriti_foundation.2689.html |date=2010-10-21 }}</ref> near Aya Nagar on [[Mehrauli]]–[[Gurgaon]] Road, on the outskirts of [[Delhi]].<ref>''Delhi city guide'', by [[Eicher Goodearth Limited]], Delhi Tourism. Publisher Eicher Goodearth Limited, 1998. {{ISBN|81-900601-2-0}}. ''pp 238''.</ref> The nearest [[Delhi Metro]] station is [[Arjan Garh]],<ref name="Flier"/> on the [[Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)|Yellow Line]].

The museum was founded by [[O. P. Jain]]<ref name=NY/> in 1990, under the aegis of the '''Sanskriti Foundation''', a New Delhi-based non-profit organisation established in 1978.

==Sanskriti Foundation==
[[File:Terracotta horses, Sanskriti Museum.JPG|thumb|left|140px|Terracotta horses, companions of [[Aiyanar]], Tamil village God. Sanskriti Museum]]
[[File:Madhubani mural and Terracotta figurine at Sanskriti Museum.JPG|right|160px|thumb| [[Madhubani art|Madhubani]] mural and [[Terracotta]] figurines at the '''Museum of Indian Terracotta''', ''Sanskriti Kendra'', Anandagram]]
[[File:Museum of Indian Terracotta, Sanskriti Kendra, Anandagram, New Delhi.jpg|right|200px|thumb| New Delhi]]
Sanskriti Pratishthan or Sanskriti Foundation is a non-profit culture and arts promotion organisation in [[Delhi]] set up in 1979, with O P Jain, [[L. M. Singhvi]], Dr A M Singhvi and Sudarshan Agarwal as trustees. In the early years, it was largely privately funded by its members, later on it was received government funding, and from organisations like [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] ([[ICCR]]), and the [[Ford Foundation]], and recently from the corporate sector.<ref name=fin03/> The construction of present Kendra premises began in 1989. Today the foundation also runs [[artist-in-residence]] programs here, and workshop for scholars, artists and craftsmen, plus it has residential studios, a library, an amphitheatre and an art gallery.<ref>[http://www.india9.com/i9show/Sanskriti-Kendra-17368.htm Sanskriti Kendra]</ref>

As its first project, the foundation instituted the 'Sanskriti Awards' in 1979, given to promising young talent in the group of 20–35 years, in five major fields, Literature, the Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Journalism and Social/Cultural Achievement. Next the Museum of Everyday Art established in 1984 contains items of everyday use. The foundation also runs 'Sanskriti Yatra' workshops on cultural awareness for school children. Its three- month residency programs is run residency programme in collaboration with UNESCO, Asia Link and the Fulbright Fellowships Program.<ref name=fin03>{{cite news |title=Business Backs Art|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/business-backs-art/71610/0 |publisher=Financial Express |date= 26 January 2003|accessdate=12 February 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.resartis.org/index.php?id=77 Sanskriti Foundation, An Introduction]</ref> Museumologist [[Jyotindra Jain]] is trustee and Director of the Foundation.<ref>[http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/board.htm# Jyotidra Jain profile, Trustee-Director] at [[Sanskriti Kendra Museum#Sanskriti Foundation|Sanskriti Foundation]]</ref>

=='Museum of Indian Terracotta'==
This Museum has over 1,500 objects of [[terracotta]] art, sculptures and figurines from the tribal areas of India, displayed in the backdrop of the respective [[tribal art]]s.<ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=129396 Tales in terracotta: Set up in 1990, the Sanskriti Museum has contextualised and documented terracotta from all parts of the country], ''[[Indian Express]]'', 15 May 2005.</ref>

==Museum of ‘Everyday Art’==
[[File:Painted prayers, Warli paintings, at Sanskriti Kendra, Anandagram, New Delhi.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Warli Painting]], at Sanskriti Kendra Museum]]

It houses a collection of what is called "Everyday Arts", where artisans turn the functional everyday household object like toys, nutcrackers, cups, saucers, spoons, and home shrines, articles of worship, into the works of art.<ref name=NY>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1DA163AF933A05752C1A9659C8B63&fta=y WHAT'S DOING IN; Delhi] Travel , [[New York Times]], 30 November 2003. ''p. 2.''.</ref>

==Textile Museum==
A showcase of the best of, and the most diverse of Indian textile heritage.



==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/museums.htm Sanskriti Museums, New Delhi]
* [https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/sanskriti-museums Sanskriti Museums at Google Cultural Institute]

{{Museums in Delhi}}
{{Textile museums}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Museums in Delhi]]
[[Category:Decorative arts museums in India]]
[[Category:Textile museums in India]]
[[Category:Art museums established in 1990]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in India]]
[[Category:Terracotta]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Cultural heritage of India]]

Sanskriti Museums - Revision history

->Tigraan: /* Textile Museum */ WP:NOTGUIDE