Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh Unknown00:35 0 comments

The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh is an art gallery in the Indian Union Territory Chandigarh, located in the city of Chandigarh

The Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, owes its existence to the partition of the country in August,1947. It is one of the premier institution of India with a very rich collection of Gandharan sculptures, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. Before the partition in 1947, the collection of art objects, paintings, sculptures and decorative arts, were housed in the Central Museum, Lahore the then capital of Punjab.

The Natural History Museum

in 2001, in a landmark decision , the existing museum of Evolution of Life was upgraded to its present status as the Natural History Museum with five major sections:

• Cyclorama of Evolution of Life
• Nature in Art section
• Manuscript section
• Evolution of Man section
• Dinosaurs of India section

Address: Jan Marg, Sector 10 C, Chandigarh, 160011

Hours: 

Open 24 hours

Phone: 0172 274 0261

Architect: Le Corbusier