Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a premier museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. It owes its existence to the partition of India in August, 1947. Prior to the partition, the collections of art objects, paintings and sculptures were housed in the Central Museum, Lahore, the then capital of Punjab.
Sector 10C Madhya Marg, Matka Chowk, Chandigarh, 160011
2.4 km
MUSEUM TIMING.
Wednesday 10am–4:30pm
Thursday 10am–4:30pm
Friday 10am–4:30pm
Saturday 10am–4:30pm
Sunday 10am–4:30pm
Monday Closed
Tuesday 10am–4:30pm
After partition, the division of collections took place on April 10, 1948. Sixty percent of objects were retained by Pakistan and forty percent collection fell in the share of India.
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The museum was inaugurated on 6 May 1968 by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh.
Arts Museum (one of the three museums located one the premises)
Location of Government Museum and Art Gallery in India
Sector 10-C chandigarh.
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