Shilpacharya Zainul Folk and Craft Museum, a museum established by the Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation to preserve the ancient heritage of Bangladesh, is located in Sonargaon, near Dhaka.

[1][2] In an effort to develop the folk cultural trend of rural Bengal, Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin established the Bangladesh Folk and Crafts Foundation on March 12, 1975,[3] in an old house in the historic Panam city of Sonargaon.

[4] Later, in 1981, in a complex covering an area of 150 bighas, artist Zainul Abedin attempted to build this museum in an open environment to showcase the artistic activities of the common people of rural Bangladesh,[5] centered on the nature and environment of Bengal,[6] and the Bangladesh Folk and Crafts Foundation complex was shifted to the almost 100-year-old Sardar's house.

It houses the handicrafts of the illiterate artists of neglected rural Bengal and everyday products of public life.

Outside these two buildings, there are libraries, documentation centers, seminar halls, canteens, craft stages, rural gardens and various types of trees, a lake, a boat ramp for cruising around the lake, fishing facilities, and a birdwatching boat.