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Research and Documentation
The Museum has a specialised library of more than 10,000 books and periodicals pertaining to Indian arts, crafts and textiles.  it is open to public for reference purposes.  Under the scheme of 'Research and Documentation', filed research is commissioned with research scholars all over India to documents the living arts and crafts.  Nearly a hundred unpublished monographs have resulted from this programme.  The Museum also has computerised documentation of the visiting craftspersons and master craftspersons and weavers with craft-wise and area-wise categorisation.

Educational Programme
Delhi-based schools, art colleges and polytechnics are regularly informed by the Museum about the latter's monthly activities.  Thousands of schools children and students of art colleges visit the Museum for general exposure to India's rural artistic heritage or for more practical exercises such as on-the-spot sketching and painting or participating in 'Creativity Workshops'.

Digital Documentation System (Application of digital technology)
A few years back, the Museum established the 'Data Collection Management' section. Inputting of inventory data, object description and conservation data of the collection was started with a pilot project of 534 Objects from the Museum Collection Store.

The data field of the computerised documentation system was developed by the Museum Staff under the guidance of Dr. D.S. Gangwar, Senior Director (M). with the technical support of the National Informatics Centre (NIC),

The data structure is based after surveying the leading institutions, which are having excellent computer documentation facilities available in India and abroad. It consists of all the potential fields necessary for documentation of the Museum's collection.

Crafts Demonstration Programme
By an informal estimate, there are more than 30 million weavers, craftspersons and folk artists living in India who possess inherited skills and by which they earn their livelihood.  In this programme, the Museum invites about 50 Craftspersons from all over the country to be in residence, providing them an opportunity to demonstrate their craft and find new market opportunities. The programme has proved to be extremely popular with school children, art students, artists, designers, the craft trade and the art loving public from all over the world.