Anokhi Museum

Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing Jaipur is located nearly 13 km from the City at Sagard Road near Kheri Gate which is 1 km from Amer Palace. The museum is the brain child of Rachel Bracken Singh and her husband Pritam Singh, with the vision to conserve the age old crafts of ‘hand printing and block printing’. The Haveli which is converted into museum was built in 1989 with traditional pink sandstone walls and balconies in typical Rajasthani architecture. The museum is dedicated to the oldest Rajasthani traditional craft of hand block printing on cloths. The hall on the ground floor lays a huge board on which artists spared cloths into its most artistic form, reflecting the richness of diversity in the printing art. Apart from hand printing and block printings on the cloths, here the skilled artists of carving on wooden blocks and brass blocks, artists making colors from natural things like leaves, flowers, vegetables, indigo and turmeric can be seen here busy in their arts and crafts. The galleries in the museum as Gallery for Introduction, Haveli Restoration, Regional Textiles, Natural and Chemical Dyes, Block Printing, Gold and Silver Printing and Carving Tools have their displays for the visitors. Anokhi Archives where more than 100 types of garments, carving blocks, hand printed and block printed textiles and home furniture of traditional Rajputana era are displayed here for visitors. The museum has a workshop for learners and visitors interested to learn the art of printing and carving. There is a museum shop also where visitors can buy cloths, furniture, jewellery, books and handcrafts.

Timings: Monday to Saturday – 10: 30 am to 5: 00 pm, Sunday – 11:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Entry Fee: Rs. 30.00, Rs. 20.00 and Rs. 15.00 for adults, students and children, respectively.

How to Reach: Nearest Metro Station- Sindhi Camp Metro Station, Buses ply at regular intervals from Ajmeri Gate and MI Road bus stations, Cabs and Taxies are also available anytime and anywhere.