Puppetry Museums

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is located in Mumbai, India. It houses a puppetry museum that showcases a collection of puppets from various regions of India and around the world.

The Kathputli Colony in Delhi is famous for its string puppetry traditions. String puppets are manipulated using strings attached to their limbs and heads, allowing for intricate movements and expressions.

The Rajasthan Puppet Museum is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of Rajasthan, showcasing the diversity and richness of the state's puppetry traditions.

The Thanjavur Puppet Museum in Tamil Nadu is renowned for its collection of leather puppets. Leather puppets are made from animal hide, intricately carved and painted to depict various characters and scenes.

The Kolkata Puppet Museum is located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of Bengal, showcasing the state's rich puppetry traditions.

The International Puppet Museum in Odisha houses a collection of puppets from over 75 countries, representing a diverse range of puppetry traditions from around the world.

The National Puppet Museum in Delhi houses a collection of traditional Indian puppets as well as contemporary puppetry forms, showcasing the evolution and diversity of puppetry in India.

The Putul Nach Ghar Museum in West Bengal is dedicated to preserving and promoting shadow puppetry, a traditional form of puppetry where flat puppets are manipulated behind a screen to create shadows.

The Karnataka Puppet Museum houses a collection of puppets made from various materials, including wood, cloth, and papier-mâché, showcasing the diversity of puppetry traditions in Karnataka.

The Puppet Museum in Andhra Pradesh is located in Hyderabad, the state capital. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state's rich puppetry traditions.

The Gujarat Puppet Museum is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of Gujarat, showcasing the state's diverse puppetry traditions.

The Kerala Puppet Museum houses a collection of puppets made from coconut shells, a unique and distinctive feature of Kerala's puppetry traditions.

The Madhya Pradesh Puppet Museum is located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of the state, showcasing the state's rich puppetry traditions.

The Maharashtra Puppet Museum is located in Mumbai, the state capital. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of Maharashtra, representing the state's diverse puppetry traditions.

The Uttar Pradesh Puppet Museum is located in Lucknow, the state capital. It houses a collection of puppets from various regions of Uttar Pradesh, including the famous Kathputli puppets.