National Children Museum Information :

Location: National Children's Museum is located at Kotla Road in New Delhi.

Admission fee: There is no admission fee for entry to the National Children's Museum. Entry is free and open to all.

Admission Timings: It is open on all days from 10'o clock in the morning to 5'o clock in the evening.

Nearest Railway Station: New Delhi Railway station

Nearest Metro Station: Mandi House. However the functional Metro Station is central secretariat.

Nearest Airport: Indira Gandhi International Airport

Nearby Markets: Chandni Chowk, Chatta Chowk, Connaught place, Janpath, Nai Sarak, Chor bazaar, Daryaganj book Market.

National Children Museum in Delhi : 

A completely different and exciting world for Children in Delhi is the National Children's Museum in Bal Bhawan Complex on Kotla Marg. Designed on a unique note of understanding child psychology better, this museum is made exclusively for children and it aims at educating the children about India's culture, tradition and life. The museum has a large collection of dolls, toys, traditional jewellery, art and craft material, and currency from various countries.

The museum houses permanent galleries in which different aspects of Indian tradition, history, and art are focused. Hamara Bharat focuses on the Indian art, tradition, culture and achievements in the field of Science and Technology through the audio visual shows. Gaurav Gatha deals with India's past history, civilizations, freedom struggle projected through a series of diorama. The Sun Gallery teaches the importance of the Sun in the living world, the phenomenon's of the Solar System and its religious consequences in India and other countries like China, Egypt and Greece.

The exhibition corner, Children's Creative Corner, displays work of art from Jawahar Bal Bhawan and Bal Bhawan Kendras. During the summer months the place becomes vibrant with workshops on art, craft, theatre, dance, music. Children are groomed under professional hands. A lot of other activities such as puppet shows, drama kits are made available to the children to enhance their creative skills.

Within the complex facilities of a hostel, games, mini toy train, jet fighter, clay modeling and an aquarium are made available. A visit to this place will be an out of the world experience for all children.

What to see:

Dolls- national and international, Animals- of stones and metals, currencies of various countries, antique jewellery, Sun gallery and Hamara Bharat gallery. Exhibitions are also held throughout the year and the works of art of small children are displayed. They also put up performances on stage from time to time specially at the time of the workshops held in summers.

Annual Events in National Children's Museum:

The National Children's Museum in Delhi on Kotla Marg is a complete pleasure place for children of all ages. An unparallel institution, it is a place where children can give shape to their ideas and enhance their natural talents and groom themselves into better human beings. An all around development of the personality is aimed at here.

Nearby Attractions around National Children's Museum:

There are lots of other tourist attractions around the National Children's Museum. So after a tour of the museum, a tour of the nearby attractions will make a good package for an entire day. Apart from the historical places, a number of shopping venues, eating joints and hotels have come into prominence which makes your holiday a success.

How to reach:

Delhi is well connected by rail, road and air to all parts of the country. After reaching Delhi, tourists can take buses, rickshaws, autos or the metro rail from any part of the city to reach National Children's Museum.