Showcasing traditional art, exhibiting objects of exceptional design, Folk Art and Craft Museum is located in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh. The Museum has a very rich collection of folk objects of different materials and forms of aesthetics and utilitarian values which reflect the sentiments, impulse, temperament, moods, idiosyncrasy, skill and expertise of the artists.
The main museum building is placed at the “Sardar Bari” which was built by a Hindu Zamindar of Sonargaon in 1901. It is located on a picturesque fifty hectare piece of land that consists of breathtaking landscapes, peaceful artificial lakes and ponds, and of course the structures that make up the Folk Art Museum complex. The baroque decoration and the elaborated painting on the plaster of the building are really eye catching.
There are two Exhibition Galleries inside the museum. Both of them consist of some status showing the local life of Bangladeshi people, for example farming, woman working etc. The Museum area has several lakes where visitors can take a boat ride, can do fishing by paying a required amount of money.
The Museum is open from Saturday to Wednesday, 9.00 a.m. -5.00 p.m. and the entrance is free.
Sonargaon Folk Art and Craft Museum
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