Government Museum and Art Gallery

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, is a public museum of having collections of Gandharan sculptures, sculptures from ancient and medieval India, Pahari and Rajasthani miniature paintings.
chdmuseum.gov.in
chdmuseum.nic.in
0172 2740261
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:30 PM and public holidays closed
  • Email: museum@chd.nic.in
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum, architecture museum, natural history museum in Chandigarh, India
  • Also known as: “Ĉandigara muzeo”, “Government museum and art gallery”, “Government Museum And Art Gallery”, “Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh”, “Musée et Galerie d’Art”, “Musée et Galerie d’Art de Chandigarh”, “Museo del Gobierno y Galeria de Arte”, “Muzeo de Ĉandigaro”, and “Правительственный музей и художественная галерея, Чандигарх”
  • Address: Chandigarh, 160019

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rock Garden of Chandigarh and Sector 16 Cricket Stadium.

Garden
Photo: Ijon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a sculpture garden in , . It is also known as Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden of Nathupur after its founder Nek Chand Saini, a government official who started building the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957.

Stadium
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The Sector 16 Stadium is a cricket stadium in , . It hosted its first One Day International match in January 1985 and its only Test match in 1990. is situated 1½ km southwest of Government Museum and Art Gallery.

Photo: Sanyambahga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Secretariat Building is a Le Corbusier-designed building in completed in 1953 to house the offices of the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of East Punjab. is situated 2 km northeast of Government Museum and Art Gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dhanas and Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary.

Village
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village Panchayat located in Chandigarh district in , India. The total geographical area of the village is about 5 km2 making it the second biggest village by area in the sub district. is situated 4 km northwest of Government Museum and Art Gallery.

Village
Photo: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a 2600 hectare nature preserve located in the Shivalik Hills of , , near . The area was officially declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1998. is situated 7 km northeast of Government Museum and Art Gallery.

Photo: ramansharma, CC BY 2.0.
is a city and district headquarter in the in , India. It is a satellite city of the state capital . is a border city with , and .

Government Museum and Art Gallery

Latitude
30.74899° or 30° 44′ 56″ north
Longitude
76.78747° or 76° 47′ 15″ east
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Tamil—“Government Museum and Art Gallery” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “সরকারি জাদুঘর ও শিল্পকলা চিত্রশালা, চণ্ডীগড়”
  • Chinese: “昌迪加尔政府博物馆和美术馆”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الحكومه ومعرض الفنون”
  • Esperanto: “Registara muzeo kaj artgalerio, Ĉandigaro”
  • French: “Government Museum and Art Gallery”
  • Kannada: “ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ವಸ್ತುಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲಾಮಂದಿರ, ಚಂಡೀಗಢ್”
  • Malayalam: “ഗവണ്മെന്റ് മ്യൂസിയം ആന്റ് ആർട്ട് ഗാലറി, ചണ്ഡിഗഢ്”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਅਜਾਇਬ ਘਰ ਅਤੇ ਆਰਟ ਗੈਲਰੀ, ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ”
  • Russian: “Государственный музей и галерея искусств (Чандигарх)”
  • Russian: “Государственный музей и галерея искусств”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Gobierno y Galería de Arte”
  • Tamil: “அரசு அருங்காட்சியகமும் ஓவியக் கூடமும், சண்டிகார்”

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