Living and Learning Design Centre Museum

The Living and Learning Design Centre (LLDC) Museum is a craft and textile museum located in Ajrakhpur village near Bhuj in Kutch district, Gujarat. Established to preserve and showcase the diverse crafts of Kutch, it houses extensive collections of embroideries, textiles, and artifacts. Notable for its sustainable architecture using local materials and its focus on living craft traditions, the museum offers galleries, archives, and live artisan demonstrations.

Visitors can expect a contemporary museum campus built with local materials showcasing the crafts of Kutch. The museum features curated galleries displaying textiles, embroideries, and craft artifacts, an archive and library, and spaces for live demonstrations by artisans. The setting is semi-rural on the Bhuj-Anjar highway, with low-rise earthen architecture, courtyards, and exhibition halls. Guided tours explain craft techniques, history and cultural context.

The LLDC was conceived after the 2001 Bhuj earthquake to preserve and revitalize the craft heritage of Kutch. Developed by Shrujan Trust and supported by craft communities, the museum campus was built to document, archive and transmit traditional knowledge systems and opened to the public in 2016.

The museum is dedicated to the living craft traditions of Kutch, including Ajrakh block printing, embroidery, weaving, and other artisan practices. It serves as a centre for cultural preservation, education and sustainable livelihoods for artisan communities of the region.