Ahmedabad - Calico Museum of Textiles

The Calico Museum of Textiles in Ahmedabad has one of the finest collections of antique and modern Indian textiles, in the world.

Highlights of the Calico Museum include a collection of rare textiles dating back to the 17th C and an excellent reference library on textiles. Fine fabrics spun, woven, printed and painted in different parts of India are on display such as Kashmiri shawls, Kullu embroidery, silk brocades from Varanasi. Models and diagrams explain the weaving, dyeing and embroidery processes.

The collections in the Calico Museum of Textiles are not limited to just textiles and clothes. Furniture, temple artifacts and crafts as well as a collection of marble, sandstone and bronze icons.

A thematic section of the textile museum, only open in the afternoon, features depictions of Indian gods in indoor and outdoor exhibits.

The Calico Museum is housed in a haveli, a carved wooden village house, constructed in 1949.