Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

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The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh is an Art gallery in the Indian Union Territory Chandigarh, located in the city of Chandigarh (Sector 10-C near the Rose Garden). Established in August 1947, the building is square (165 feet by 165 feet) and was designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris).[1]

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

  • The National History Museum
  • The National Gallery of Portraits
  • The Chanigarh Architecture Museum

each with further sections.

It is lead 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.[6]

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