AN INITIATIVE OF CRAFT REVIVAL TRUST.  Since 1999
Kalpana Mangaldas Balayatan Museum of Toys, Crafts & Performing Arts

Kalpana Mangaldas Balayatan Museum of Toys, Crafts & Performing Arts

Kalpana Mangaldas Balayatan Museum of Toys, Crafts & Performing Arts

Ambawadi
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
India 380 015

M: 6601338, 6601378, 6601588

A children’s museum that has a collection of more than 3000 objects gathered from 54 states and countries.
Some of the objects on display from various states are:
Kerala: bell metal vessels, lamps, Kathakali dancers
UP: traditional masks, costumes, ornaments,weapons
Bengal: Toys and masks
Orissa:Famous temple structures, models of wood and cloth
Manipur: models of players and singers
Other Asian cultures: Japanese, Indonesian,European
Animals:A complete elephant skeleton, (3.5 metres. high) – one of the biggest in India
The coin collection consists of coins from 40 countries of the world.
The complex has a library.