Case Study | 2018 NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI 1, INTRODUCTION: ‘The National Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India, It holds variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art .It was established on August 15, 1949 in the Darbar Hall of Rastrapati Bhavan, It funetions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The museum is situated on the comer of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road. The blue-print of the National Museum had been prepared by the Gwyer Committee set up by the Government of India in 1946. The museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, covering over 5,000 years. It also houses the National Museum Institute of History of Arts, Conservation and Museology on the first floor which was established in 1983 and now is a Deemed University since 1989, and runs Master's and Doctoral level courses in History of Art, Conservation and Museology. I.IRELEVANCE: ‘The National Museum is one of the largest and well designed museums in India, also the museum is situated near to the site of the proposed thesis project, which make it selection important to understand the design feature of the area and issue faced. Also, as it is the National Museum of India, it selection becomes more important in reference to understand the design of the context and aspects of museum planning Having a wide range of masterpieces of sculptural art in such medium: stone, terracotta, stucco, bronze gold, silver, ivory, bone, spanning a period of over two millenniums, from the 3rdcentury BC to the 19th century AD, one of the longest in the history of world’s art-heritage, the Department of Archaeology make this museum a relevance choice for understanding the design context of the museum planning Fig. 11 () Displays in National Museum National Museum, New Delt Page 26Case Study | 2018 1.2SITE: ‘The museum is situated on the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road over an area of 7.5 acres, with a build up area of about 18,000 sq. m. Latitude: 28° 36" 42.4764" N Longitude: 77° 13" 10.1748" E Connectivity: 1.2 km away from Central 3.8 km away from New Delhi Rai 14.5 km away from Indira Gandhi international Airport Nearest stops » National Museum Bus Stop Macro-Climate: Humid Subtropical Average Temperature: 25.0 °C Maximum Temperature: 47.0 °C Minimum Temperature: -2.2 °C Annual Precipitation: 886 mm. Prevailing Wind Direction’ 18km/h North-West Prevailing Wind Direc Fig, 1.2 (3) Sun Path Diagram Fig. 1.2 L.3SCALE: “Ifyou spent only one minute with each piece in the National Museum's collection, it would take three years, nine months and twenty-three days to view every item. Recognizing that 2,00,000 sculptures, paintings, coins, decorative arts, textiles, arms and armours, ‘manuscripts and anthropological objects can overwhelm even most enthusiastic visitor. It has about 25 main art gallery sections for encapsulating the diversity of the museum. The museum also encompasses a grand library and auditorium which make this museum one of the largest and well designed museums in India.” 9. Published by National Museum, 2018, The Museum in 90 minutes. Vol.1: 2 Page 27 National Museum, New DelhiCase Study | 2018 2. AREA PROGRAMME: 2.1AREA CHART: Sr. ‘Space ‘Area Design No. (in sq.m) _| Capacity 1 [ENTRANCE 100 Entrance Hall = 250 Reception 1 30 Back Office 1 20 2__| ADMINISTRATION Staff Office 10 120 30 Director General’s Chamber r 30 Curator Office 2 20 Meeting Room 2 100 Staff Rest Room 1 40 ‘Security Monitoring Room 1 20 ‘Server Room 1 20 Staif Toilet (M/F) a5 50 Store 5 200 Staff Canteen I 100 3__ | WorKsHOP 200 Wood Workshop 1 200 ‘Metal Workshop 1 200) ‘Terracotta Workshop 1 200 Store 3 120 ‘Store Props 1 80 4__| EXHIBITION GALLERY 4000 Harapan Civilisation Gallery I 300 Mauryan Gallery 1 60 Gupta Gallery 1 300 Terracotta Gallery I 300 Bronze Gallery 1 400 Medieval Art Gallery 1 400. Buddhist Art Gallery 1 300 Jewellery Galler i 400 Decorative Art Gallery 3 600 Miniature Painting Gallen 1 300 Textile Gallery 1 200 Western Art Gallery i 200 ‘Copper Galler 1 200 Wood Carving Gallery i 200) Tribal Art Gallery 1 400 ‘Music Instrument Gallery i 300 ‘Arms & Armour Gallery 1 300 ‘Asian Antique Gallery 4 1000 National Museum, New Delt Page 28