8. Collection at the Shankar International Doll Museum

The vast collection of dolls is arranged in two sections on over 160 glass shelves. The first section shows dolls from Western countries, including the US, UK, New Zealand, and Commonwealth of Independent States states; the second section has dolls from India and Asian countries. Among the foreign collection, the most famous ones are Japan Boy and Girl Festival dolls, Queen Collection replica dolls, Japan cute Kabuki and Furious Samurai dolls, Hungary Maypole dancing dolls, famous flamenco dancers from Spain, Kandy Pehara from Sri Lanka, etc.

In the Indian section, more than 150 dolls with traditional Indian costumes are created in the museum's workshop. For example, there are dolls in Kathakali dance costumes, dancers in conventional Lavani costumes, dolls representing different wedding traditions, brides and grooms from different states, dolls in regional dresses, etc. The dolls are made in-house and traded or sold to museums abroad. More interestingly, the museum also has a small "hospital" to treat "sick" dolls, meaning withered and broken dolls are repaired in the hospital section of the museum.