The past few weeks have rather been busy for the Government Museum at Egmore. A lot of visitors have taken time to go to the recently reopened National Art Gallery (NAG) that had been closed for renovation for over a decade.
Commissioner of Museums M. Arvind says that on Saturday alone, 1,900 students and 110 foreigners had visited the museum. “We have moved 120 paintings from Contemporary Art Gallery to this gallery. The building, by itself, is beautiful and a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture. It has been renovated with great care by the Public Works Department,” he says.
Sources in the Public Works Department say that the foundation for the Victoria Memorial Hall was laid by Prince of Wales George Frederik Ernest Albert on January 24, 1906, and it took three years for completion.
