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The
Government
Museum
and
Art
Gallery
was
designed
by
the
Swiss
born
French
architect,
le
carbusier
long
with
his
associate
architects
manmohan
nath
sharma
and
Shiv
Dutt
Sharma.The
design
was
completed
during
the
period
of
1960-62
and
construction
took
place
between
1962
and
1967.
It
is
part
of
the
three
museums
designed
by
Le
Corbusier,
The
building
is
a
museum
and
art
gallery
which
regularly
conducts
art
acquisition
programs
for
expansion.
Envisaged
as
a
vehicle
for
transmission
of
knowledge
in
,
it
serves
as
a
unique
cultural
and
historical
resource
for
the
region.
Having
significant
collection
of
Gandhara
sculptures,
Pahari
miniature
painting
and
contemporary
Indian
art,
it
is
regularly
visited
by
tourists,
artists,
scholars
and
students.
Researchers,
architects
and
scholars
on
Le
Corbusier
and
Modnization are
also
frequent
visitors
to
the
building
and
its
surrounding.
They
ensemble
to
study
its
architectural
values
as
it
represents
the
series
of
museums
designed
by
Le
Corbusier.
The
pivoted
entrance,
metal
panelled
door,
fixed
furniture,
display
systems,
exposed
concrete
sculpturesque
gargoyles
are
symbolic
of
the
prevailing
style
of
Chandigarh's
architecture.
The
mural
in
the
museum
reception
area
executed
by
one
of
India's
finest
contemporary
artists,
satish
adds
colour
to
the
otherwise
stark
exposed
concrete
building.
The
museum
library
is
a
rich
repository
of
books
on
subjects
of
art,
architecture
and
history
of
art.
A
special
section
is
dedicated
to
Dr.
M.
S.
Randhawa,
containing
archival
records
of
his
correspondence
on
the Making
of
Chandigarh,
available
to
scholars
in
a
digitized
version.
The
adjacent
auditorium
serves
as
a
lecture
hall
for
extended
activities
of
the
museum
such
as
lectures,
film
screenings
and
cultural
events.
The
interior
detailing
of
the
auditorium
represent
the
Modernist
tradition
that
was
introduced
in
Chandigarh
by
Le
Corbusier.
The
building
is
divided
into
three
levels.
The
first
level
is
33,000
sq
ft
comprising
the
Deputy
Curator's
office,
museum
shop,
reception,
textile
section,
child
art
gallery,
exhibition
hall,
reserve
collection
stores,
conservation
laboratory
and
auditorium.
Level
2
is
23,000
sq
ft
and
comprises
exhibition
space
for
sections
on
Gandhara
sculpture,
Indian
miniature
paintings,
stone
and
metal
sculpture,
coins
and
Indian
contemporary
art.
Level
3
is
6,500
sq
ft
and
has
the
library,
Chairman's
room,
and
Gandhara
sculptures’
reserve
collection
store.
The
museum
serves
as
a
means
of
repository
of
cultural
history
of
the
region.
It
is
open
for
public
from
Tuesday
to
Sunday,
from
10:00
AM
to
4:40
PM,
and
is
closed
on
Monday
and national
holidays.
The
entry
ticket
is ₹10
and camera
and
ticket
is ₹5.
It
has
a
free
entry
for
organised
school
groups
and
senior
citizens.
Facilities
such
as
wheel
chairs
for
the
physically
challenged
are
also
provided.
The
auditorium
is
available
at
low
fees
for
cultural
and
educational
events
as
it
also
serves
as
the
exhibition
hall
for
temporary
exhibitions
to
artists.
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