Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
	The Government Museum and Art Gallery in Chandigarh, India
	Location of Government Museum and Art Gallery in India
Established	May 6, 1968
Location	Chandigarh, India
Coordinates	30°44′56″N 76°47′15″E / 30.74889°N 76.78750°E
Type	Art museum, Architecture museum, Natural history museum
Collection size	Approx. 10,000 artefacts
Architect	Le Corbusier
Owner	Chandigarh Administration
Website	chdmuseum.gov.in

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of North India having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings. It owes its existence to the partition of India. Prior to the partition, much of the collections of art objects, paintings and sculptures present here were housed in the Central Museum, Lahore, the then capital of Punjab. The museum has one of the largest collection of Gandharan artefacts in the world.^[2]

After the partition, the division of collections took place on April 10, 1948. Sixty per cent of objects were retained by Pakistan and forty per cent collection fell in the share of India.

The museum was inaugurated on 6 May 1968 by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh.

^ "About Government Museum and Arts Gallery, Chandigarh". Chandigarh Tourism. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ Thakur, Paramjit (22 May 2005). "Meditation in stone". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[1] "About Government Museum and Arts Gallery, Chandigarh". Chandigarh Tourism. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[2] Thakur, Paramjit (22 May 2005). "Meditation in stone". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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