The hansiba museum at radhanpur is the first museum in Gujarat owned and managed exclusively by xwomen artisans of SEWA.

The museum acts not only as a preservative repository of community knowledge of the craftswomen of Radhanpur, but also enables the women artisans and their communities to feel a sense of ownership and take pride in their traditional skills.

In the face of growing industrialization in the region and changing aspirations of the new generation, these crafts are in the danger of becoming lost along with the people.

The purpose behind setting up a community based Museum by SEWA was to ensure proper preservation of the visual repertoire and techniques of the traditional embroidery arts.

The museum hopes both to inspire the new generation of artisans and inculcate community values in them as well as to serve as a resource center for researchers and designers alike.

There is a showcase of various artifacts and exhibits of embroidery arts on

textiles from different communities such as the Ahir, Rabari, Darbar and many others.

Each of these communities has a specific style and language of motifs, which distinguishes one from the other. Along with textile exhibits, the Museum displays lifestyle products of these communities such as utensils, furniture and means of transportation crafted in materials as diverse as bronze, brass, wood and mud.

The museum has collected more than 1700 articles from across the region. Of this, 241 artifacts are on display at present, which have been contributed by the women artisans as part of their heirloom.

Kamala Sadan, Satun Rd, Nr. Shantidham, Radhanpur 385340, Dist. Patan, Gujarat, India

10am to 5pm | mon to sat.
All visits by prior intimation.
contact on: +91-079-2273 3122