 The Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh, India | |
  Location of Government Museum and Art Gallery in India | |
| Established | May 6, 1968 |
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| Location | Chandigarh, India |
| Coordinates | 30°44′56″N 76°47′15″E / 30.74889°N 76.78750°E |
| Type | Art museum, Architecture museum, Natural history museum |
| Collection size | Approx. 10,000 artefacts[1] |
| Architect | Le Corbusier |
| Owner | Chandigarh Administration |
| Website | chdmuseum.gov.in |
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. It owes its existence to the partition of India. Prior to the partition, much of the collections of art objects, paintings and sculptures present here were housed in the Central Museum, Lahore, the then capital of Punjab. The museum has one of the largest collection of Gandharan artefacts in the world.[2]
After the partition, the division of collections took place on April 10, 1948. Sixty per cent of objects were retained by Pakistan and forty per cent collection fell in the share of India.
The museum was inaugurated on 6 May 1968 by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh.
- ^ "About Government Museum and Arts Gallery, Chandigarh". Chandigarh Tourism. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Thakur, Paramjit (22 May 2005). "Meditation in stone". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 November 2021.