Exhibit's include an 1855 steam engine, still in working order, and a large number of oddities such as the skull of an elephant that charged a mail train in 1894, and lost. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9.30 am to 5 pm and there's a small admission fee. This small museum in the Institutional Area, Lodi Rd, has a fascinating collection of ceremonial items brought out of Tibet when the Dalai Lama fled following the Chinese occupation. There is a shop selling a wide range of Tibetan handicrafts. The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm.
Admission is free.
International Dolls Museum 6000 dolls from 85 countries are on display in this museum in Nehru House on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg. Over a third of them are from India. One exhibit section comprises 500 dolls dressed in costumes worn all over the country. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5.30 pm. This museum contains a collection of traditional Indian crafts in textiles, metal, wood and ceramics.