The Kite Museum, run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, was set up in 1986. It traces the unique relationship between the city and kite-flying and also portrays the history of kites since 200 BC. Its largest donor, a painter called Bhanu Shah, began collecting various designs of kites from craftspeople from all over northern and western India, since 1957. Artistically designed kites are displayed in showcases against light and it appears as though they are flying in the sky.