Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing

The Anokhi Museum is a small, beautifully curated museum in a restored 17th-century haveli near Amber Fort dedicated to the traditional craft of block printing — the hand-carved wooden blocks, natural dyes, and multi-step printing techniques that have made Jaipur and the surrounding region Rajasthan the capital of Indian textile printing for 400 years. The museum explains the full process: block carving, mordanting, indigo dyeing, fermentation, washing, and sun-drying, with live demonstrations by visiting craftsmen on weekday afternoons.

The building itself is a masterpiece of vernacular architecture restored to win a UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award in 2000, and the café in the courtyard serves simple Rajasthani food with views across the village. The museum shop sells Anokhi's contemporary interpretations of block printing — the brand was co-founded by an English woman, Faith Singh, in the 1970s and has become an ambassador for the craft worldwide.