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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