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The Government Museum and Art Gallery were built for housing the artefacts received from the Lahore Museum during the partition of India. [3] The building was designed by the Swiss-born French architect, Le Corbusier along with his associate architects namely Manmohan Nath Sharma, Pierre Jeanneret and Shiv Dutt Sharma. [4]
In 1951 it was first established as Government School of Art and craft at Shimla, [5] the capital of Punjab and subsequently Govt. College of art and craft, Chandigarh. On re-organization of Punjab, the control came under Chandigarh Administration. This institution is situated in Sector 10 C, adjoining the Government Museum and Art Gallery ...
Indian Museum, Kolkata, established in 1814, is the oldest and the largest [2] museum in Asia. It has a collection of 22,00,000 plus artifacts. [ 3 ] Victoria Memorial in Kolkata , established in 1921.
Chandigarh Capitol Complex, located in sector-1 of Chandigarh city in India, is a government compound designed by the architect Le Corbusier and his co-workers [1] [2] and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3] It is spread over an area of around 100 acres and is a prime manifestation of Chandigarh's architecture.
Jahaj Kothi Museum at Firoz Shah Palace Complex in Hisar is a zonal museum. Panchkula Museum at Sector-5 Panchkula is an upcoming state museum. Panipat Museum near Western Yamuna Canal at Binjhol village 5 km from Panipat [3] Pinjore Garden Site Museum at Pinjore Gardens in Pinjore is a site museum. Shrikrishna Museum at Kurukshetra is a state ...
Governor's Palace is a proposed government building in Chandigarh, India.The building was designed by Le Corbusier, with help from Pierre Jeanneret, a Swiss architect and Corbusier's cousin, but it wasn't built.
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The Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India. 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. It has spread over an area of 40 acres (16 ha), and is completely built from ...