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The National Museum of India was established on August 15, 1949, in the
Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Subsequently, a new building
was constructed suited to the purpose, and the by now sizeable collection
was tranferred to the new address, where the works of art were thrown open
to the public on December 18, 1960. Today, the Museum houses more than 2,
00, 000 wonderful works of art, Indian and international, spanning more than
five thousand years of our cultural heritage. Apart from collections of
pre-history, archaeology, jewellery, paintings, decorative arts,
manuscripts, Central Asian antiquities, anthropology, pre-Columbian and
Western art, arms, armour, numismatics and epigraphy, the Museum also houses
a well-equipped Conservation Laboratory that not only provides restoration
to all the artefacts but also training facilities to students and deserving
professionals.
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