Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Government Museum & Art Gallery
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh.
Chandigarh Architecture Museum, Sector 10-C
Chandigarh Architecture Museum

The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh is a natural history museum and an art gallery in the Indian Union Territory Chandigarh, located in the city of Chandigarh (Sector 10-C near the Rose Garden).

History

Established in August 1947, the building is square 165x165 feet (50x50m) and was designed by noted architect, Le Corbusier.[1]

Sections

The Government Museum and Art Gallery has the following sections other than the gallery itself:[2]

each with further sections.

It is led by curator and director N.P.S. Randhawa[3] and the Museum Advisory Committee. The museum/art gallery exhibits 10,000 mostly Indian artwork such as sculptures and paintings. The attached Reference library houses approximately 10,000 media.[4] There are two museum shops[5] and a small cafeteria.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://chdmuseum.nic.in/architecture.html
  2. ↑ http://chdmuseum.nic.in/sections.html
  3. ↑ http://chdmuseum.nic.in/administrative_setup.html
  4. 1 2 http://chdmuseum.nic.in/infrastructure.html
  5. ↑ http://chdmuseum.nic.in/museum_services.html

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