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Perfect artistic work of women prisoners can be seen in the Doll Museum of Bhopal

Usually whenever we heard name related to doll either we think about children play toy or we relate it with a horror story. Well in the case of this its starkly different. Yes, this doll is actually made by jail inmates and then transferred to this museum. 


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About the Doll Museum 
Rechristened recently as Kanha emporium, this museum at former jail houses dolls and other handmade items from different jail inmates across the state. Popularly known as the “Guria ghar” (the doll house). This is one of the famous tourist attraction in Bhopal.

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Women prisoners and Doll Museum
Doll House is also known as Doll Museum. It’s a result of innovative and ingenious vision and effort to channelize the energy and artistic qualities of women prisoners. It is situated in the premises of the old jail. It is the result of encouraging the constructive artistic aptitude of all those imprisoned women who are spending their lives in total isolation, far away from the society and culture, surrounded by the walls of the jails.

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Address and Timings
Address: Jail Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Timings: 10:30am to 4:30 pm
              Monday closed

One can sense what happened at 2 December 1984 by visiting at Bhopal Museum

It’s very difficult to forget that horrific night when Bhopal gas tragedy occurred. According to the public of Bhopal still one can sense the presence of the poisonous gas in the aura of that area. The memories of December 2, 1984 have not been vanished from the mind of people in addition Madhya Pradesh government built the Bhopal museum to aware people about that night and to pay homage to the victims of that tragedy.

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About the Bhopal Museum
The memories of December 2, 1984 have been collected under one roof, just a few km from the Union Carbide factory. Split into five sections – Trauma Room, Health Room, Anderson Wall, Toxic Water Wall, Compensation Room and the Movement Room. It has at least 50 original audio recordings of gas survivors, doctors on duty on the fateful night, the forensic expert who conducted mass autopsies and those who survived in the tragedy. 

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Designed and Conceptualized 
Designed and conceptualized of Bhopal museum designed by museologist Vivek Seth, it is the brainchild of a curator and Washington Post journalist, Rama Lakshmi. 

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Bhopal Gas Tragedy
The Bhopal disaster christened as Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was considered as of 2010 to be the world’s worst industrial disaster ever. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The highly toxic substance made its way into and around the shanty towns located near the plant. The poisonous gas sprawled all around the area.

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Address and Timings of Bhopal Museum
Address: Sr HIG 22, Housing Board Colony, Berasia Road,
                Karond, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462001 
Timings:  10 AM – 5 PM