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3.3 National Museum, Delhi
Location: New Delhi
Architect: Ganesh Bhikaji
Deolalikar
Area :30. 000sq.m
Thesis Report V-SPARC VIT
Construction: 1949
Concept: “Celebrate the ancient
culture of young state”
Material used: Sandstone, RCC
Style: Combination of neo
Figure 18 Sketch of National Museum classical and Indian
Architecture
3.3.1 Introduction
The National Museum building was planned to be built in phases to finally
give it an octagonal shape. 1960 marked the start of the initial phase, which
concluded in the year 1989.For the third and final phase, a foundation stone
was laid on December 18, 2017
Figure 19 Entries of Museum
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